KARACHI: Police have arrested 15 suspected bookies from the upscale Defence neighbourhood who were allegedly planning to take bets for the upcoming final match of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Darakhshan police officials said on Sunday that they had received information about a gang of bookies operating out of a bungalow in Phase-V of the Defence Housing Authority. Acting on the information, Station House Officer (SHO) Aurangzeb Khattak assembled a police party and led them in a raid on the house located on Street 19, Khayaban-e-Janbaz.
After brief resistance, the police team arrested 15 men. They were later identified as Taimur, Zia Abbas, Zaheer Abbas, Fahad Dedi, Waqas, Faraz, Muhammad Ali, Faisal Patni, Ghulam Qadir, Waqar, Atif, Zulfiqar, Faisal, Jafar and Farhan.
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