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Four arrested for showing off arms, ammunition in TikTok videos

By News Report
September 14, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Police on September 12 arrested four men for showing off weapons and ammunition in videos they posted on popular video-sharing platform TikTok.

The police arrested the accused during several raids in the Tibba Sultanpur area, near the Multan-Vehari road and recovered weapons from their possession, local news outlets reported. The suspects regularly posted videos featuring weaponry and ammunition, police told local media. A case has been registered against all four arrested men.

According to Pakistan’s gun laws, public display of weapons is an offence and carries a penalty of up to seven years in prison.