Robbers snatch Rs33m medicines from Pindi-bound truck on M9

HYDERABAD: A truck transporting medicines worth Rs33 million was snatched at gunpoint on M9 in the Jamshoro district on Saturday.

Hours later, it was found completely empty in the Hatri area of Hyderabad.

According to Jamshoro police, truck driver Rehmat Hussain had lodged an FIR alleging that he and Muhammad Ishaq Yousufzai, the second driver, were held hostage by 4 men, who had come in a car near the Khanpur intersection on the motorway.

He claimed that both of them were blindfolded and put in the car and after more than three hours they were dropped near DHA Karachi.

Hussain told the police that he had started his journey with the medicines from Bilal Chorangi in Karachi and that he was heading towards Rawalpindi and Islamabad for the delivery.

He added that there were in total 481 cartons of different medicines with the collective worth of Rs33 million.

The police later found the truck abandoned in Hyderabad’s Hatri area. The Jamshoro police have lodged an FIR on Hussain''s complaint nominating 4 unknown persons.