PESHAWAR
The Capital City Police Peshawar carried out a comprehensive crackdown against criminals arrested 1,560 persons involved in killing this year since January, said spokesman of police on Tuesday.
Acting under the directives of CCPO Peshawar Syed Ashfaq Anwar, a total of 371 cases registered due to disputes over properties, personal vendettas, domestic conflicts, and other issues. This resulted in the apprehension of 555 individuals linked to these cases. Additionally, 578 cases of assassination attempts were reported, leading to the arrest of 1,005 suspects.
4,965 cases were registered against professional criminals, resulting in the arrest of 5,269 individuals.
These criminals were involved in various activities, including aerial firing and arms possession.
Notably, a substantial amount of weapons, including more than 456 Kalashnikovs, 45 Kalakovs, 543 rifles, 283 shotguns, and 26 hand grenades and more than 5,815 pistols and over 140,000 different types of cartridges were also recovered.
CCPO, Syed Ashfaq Anwar, expressed confidence in the success of the crackdown against professional criminals during the lockdown. In efforts to maintain law and order, all available resources have been mobilized to further intensify the crackdown. The police have ramped up special checkpoints, search and strike operations, city patrolling, eagle squads, and local police mobile units across various internal and external routes.
