Four-year-old child kidnapped in Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA: A four-year-old child was allegedly kidnapped from Jinnah Road on Monday.

Arifa, mother of kidnapped child Aayan, alleged that accused Zohaib, Rizwan and Farkhanda kidnapped her son from home. A case has been registered.

Nine held with illegal arms, drugs: Punjab Highway Patrol Police Monday arrested nine persons and recovered illegal arms and drugs from them.

Reportedly, assistant sub-inspector Ansar Javed recovered one Kalashnikov from accused Farhad and one pistol from accused Zubair, head constable Imtiaz Ameen recovered one pistol from Baber, sub-inspector Shahid Nadeem recovered 722-gm charas from Faisal, Afaal and Ahmed Raza, assistant sub-inspector M Zubair recovered 300-gm Charas from Atif, assistant sub-inspector Kazim recovered nine bottles liquid from accused Tasawwur Abbas and Shaukat. SP Highway Police Shujaat Ali Rana has announced appreciation letters and prizes for the best performance holders.

Two factories gutted: Two plastic factories and a cotton shop caught fire due to short-circuit here on Monday. Raw material worth millions of rupees reduced to ashes. Reportedly, Inayat Ullah Plastic Factory and Habiba Plastic Factory at Pindi Bypass and a cotton shop at Shaheenabad caught fire due to short-circuit. Fire tenders doused the fire after the efforts of several hours.