{"id":554719,"date":"2026-07-06T08:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=554719"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T03:07:34","slug":"police-foil-arms-smuggling-bid-arrest-father-and-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/police-foil-arms-smuggling-bid-arrest-father-and-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Police foil arms smuggling bid, arrest father and son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> PESHAWAR<br \/>\nPeshawar police on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle a large cache of illegal weapons and ammunition, arresting two inter-provincial arms smugglers during a snap check in Gulbahar.<br \/>\nAccording to a Capital City Police Peshawar press release issued here, the operation was carried out by SHO Gulbahar Police Station Adnan Afzal and his team under the supervision of DSP Gulbahar Circle Ehsan Marwat.<br \/>\nThe arrested suspects were identified as Abdul Wahab son of Umar Daraz and his son Abdul Musawir son of Abdul Wahab, both residents of Bannu. Police said the father-son duo were allegedly members of an inter-provincial arms smuggling network.<br \/>\nActing on a tip-off, police set up a checkpoint near Haji Camp Adda on the main GT Road and intercepted a car being used to transport the weapons.<br \/>\nDuring the search, police recovered 7 rifles, 30 pistols, 4,900 rounds of assorted caliber ammunition, and 105 magazines.<br \/>\nThe vehicle used for smuggling was also taken into custody.<br \/>\nPolice said the suspects confessed to their involvement in arms smuggling during initial interrogation.<br \/>\nA case has been registered against them and further investigation was under way to trace other members of the network and their supply chain.<br \/>\nIn line with directives from senior officials, CCP Peshawar said snap checking and blockades across the district have been intensified to curb the movement of illegal arms and criminal elements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR Peshawar police on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle a large cache of illegal weapons and ammunition, arresting two inter-provincial arms smugglers during a snap check in Gulbahar. According to a Capital City Police Peshawar press release issued here, the operation was carried out by SHO Gulbahar Police Station Adnan Afzal and his team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-peshawar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police foil arms smuggling bid, arrest father and son<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/police-foil-arms-smuggling-bid-arrest-father-and-son\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police foil arms smuggling bid, arrest father and son\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PESHAWAR Peshawar police on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle a large cache of illegal weapons and ammunition, arresting two inter-provincial arms smugglers during a snap check in Gulbahar. 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