Police asked to check bike thefts, snatching incidents

LAHORE: Lahore Police Chief Bilal Siddique Kamyana Wednesday presided over a meeting being held at the Capital City Police Headquarters to review the performance of Cantt and Model Town divisions.

Kamyana announced to grant rewards for police officials excelling in various departments of Lahore Police. He emphasised the need to boost morale of Lahore Police officers demonstrating exemplary performance. He urged them to keep their doors open to redress public grievances ensuring no barriers for citizens seeking assistance at police stations and other offices.

He issued directives to expedite intelligence-based operations against elements involved in heinous narcotics trade and to ensure better coordination among the relevant institutions for the eradication of drug-peddlers.

Additionally, orders were issued for effective actions against motorcycle theft and snatching gangs. Officers were instructed to devise comprehensive strategies to curb thefts and snatching incidents along with targeted operations planned in hotspot areas. Kamyana issued directives for the implementation of robust operational procedures to combat crimes such as murder, robbery, kidnapping and others.

He emphasised the need to adopt effective modern policing in crime control. He underscored that the provincial police force should function as a role model institution. DIG (Investigations) Zeeshan Asghar, DIG (Operations) Faisal Kamran, SSP (Admin) Atif Nazir, SSP (Operations) Syed Ali Raza, SSP (Investigations) Anoosh Masood Chaudhry, SPs, ASPs, Circle Officers, SHOs, and In charges Investigation from Cantt and Model Town divisions were also attended the meeting.