Weapon repairing factory raided, spare parts seized

LAHORE

Police raided a weapons repairing factory and recovered a huge cache of spare parts of sophisticated weapons, ball-bearings and sharpeners on Monday. 

CCPO Amin Wains said the raid was conducted after reconnaissance of factory, Sabri Mills and Spring Stores, situated on Railway Road, on information gathered under ‘triple one’- one man, one month and one information- system. 

They arrested the factory owner, Malik Nazir Ahmad Sabri, and his brother Muhammad Asif Sabri, added the CCPO.

CCPO during the inspection of the factory told the media that the suspects used to prepare weapons for militants and criminals. They were carrying the business under the garb of repairing of weapons. They had a licence to repair weapons but it was also expired, he said and added they would manufacture weapons from different spare parts and sell these weapons in different cities.

They were also involved in supply of weapons to banned outfits too. Wains added that the suspects bought these spare parts from weapon dealers so the later would also included in the investigations. He said the factory was a three-storey building that was filled with illegal weapons and spare parts. 

On a question about the names or details of outfits the weapon was supplied, he said that this would come to know after further investigation and that information would be shared with the media. He said they had sufficient information to claim that these weapons were not being supplied to gentlemen but to anti-society elements.  The CCPO lauded the efforts of DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf and his team on taking effective action against miscreants under the National Action Plan.

training: Director General, Emergency Services Academy (ESA) Brig. (R) Amir Hamza, while addressing the under training cadets of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw and Punjab, said quality of training on modern lines could ensure swift emergency management. 

Director General Brig. (R) Amir Hamza made his maiden address to the trainees at ESA, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore. Brig. Amir Hamza asked the rescuers to go for rigorous training in order to live like a hero and saviors of society. He stated that confidence always came from discipline and training. Self-discipline should be the hallmark of the force so that no one can raise a finger. He firmly stated that there would be no compromise on discipline and quality of training.

Director General Brig. (R) Amir Hamza further said his priority would be to get this Emergency Services Academy recognised from international platforms of emergency services, which could be achieved through imparting professional training as per international standards. 

Road accidents: At least 651 road traffic accidents were reported to the Provincial Monitoring Cell of Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) in all the 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours in which 10 lives were lost and 535 seriously injured were shifted to different hospitals of relevant districts. However, some 281 victims, who sustained minor injuries, were discharged on the spot after provision of first aid by Emergency Medical Teams.

According to the data, 315 drivers, 27 underage drivers, 127 pedestrians and 384 passengers were among victims of these road traffic crashes. The statistics show that 124 RTAs were reported to Lahore Control Room, which affected 134 persons placing the provincial capital at the top of the list followed by 55 RTAs in Faisalabad with 68 victims and Gujranwala remained at third position with 41 RTAs and 40 victims. Details further show that total 826 victims were affected by road traffic crashes including 659 males and 167 females, while the age group of victims showed that 111 were under 18 years of age, 526 were between 18 and 40 years and rest of the 185 victims were reported above 40 years of age.