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Rangers, police arrest 59 suspects in joint Karachi raids

KARACHI: Rangers and police conducted joint raids in various parts of the metropolis and rounded up 59 suspects including an alleged target killer Fahim Hussain.

Rangers raided a spot in Aram Bagh area and arrested the alleged target killer Fahim Hussain. On a lead from the Hussain, Rangers conducted another raid in the same area and, according to claims, recovered heavy

By GEO URDU
November 24, 2015
KARACHI: Rangers and police conducted joint raids in various parts of the metropolis and rounded up 59 suspects including an alleged target killer Fahim Hussain.

Rangers raided a spot in Aram Bagh area and arrested the alleged target killer Fahim Hussain. On a lead from the Hussain, Rangers conducted another raid in the same area and, according to claims, recovered heavy arms, bullet-proof jackets and explosives.

A spokesman of Sindh Rangers said that the suspect confessed to involvement in criminal activities including target killing, extortion and arson.

In a separate targeted raid in Sharafi Goth and Orangi Town, the Rangers arrested three gangsters and a drug peddler.

Rangers and police conducted a joint house-to-house search in Sultanabad area of Manghopir and apprehended over 10 suspects.

On an intelligence about presence of drug traffickers and members of a banned outfit, raids were carried out in over 100 houses in Hazara Goth near Natha Khan Goth. Over 40 suspects were taken into custody.

Rangers also conducted raids in Saddar and North Nazimabad and nabbed four alleged terrorists linked to a proscribed organization along with arms.