GUJRANWALA City News

Three arms smugglers held with weapons

From Our Correspondent

GUJRANWALA: The CIA police arrested three arms smugglers and recovered illegal weapons from them here on Monday.

On a tip-off, the CIA police raided Khiali Bypass and stopped a car. The police searched the car and recovered two Kalashnikovs, 30 pistols, two guns, 35 magazines and 12,000 bullets from it. The police also arrested accused Tazeem, Saddam and Abdul Sattar. During preliminary investigation, the accused told the police that they smuggled the weapons from Peshawar and wanted to supply them to the people in different cities.

 

Kidnapper gets poetic justice

From Our Correspondent

GUJRANWALA: People foiled an abduction bid and tortured a kidnapper in Sabzi Mandi police limits.

Naveed of Chakwal allegedly abducted child Fazil from a street. Seeing the weeping child, people overpowered accused Naveed. They recovered the child from the accused. They also tortured the accused. Later, the accused was handed over to police.

On the other hand, the SHO told newsmen that the accused was taking the boy to sexually abuse him.

 

‘No I-Day function at open places’

From Our Correspondent

GUJRANWALA: DCO Muhammad Amir Jan has said that no function regarding the Independence Day would be allowed at open places due to the law and order situation.

Presiding over a meeting of the District Intelligence Committee here on Monday, he appealed to the people to cooperate with the district administration to maintain the law and order. He said that no programme should be organised without prior approval of the district administration. The DCO approved 50 Independence Day programmes and directed the officials concerned to provide security to the events.

 

24 deportees arrested from Sialkot airport

From Our Correspondent

GUJRANWALA: The FIA arrested 24 deportees at the Sialkot Airport on Monday.

They were deported from Turkey for not having legal documents. They belonged to Sialkot, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Kharian. Later, the FIA produced the deportees before Civil Judge Naghmana Ansar, who sent them to the jail.