Lahore: As many as 175 suspected members of 70 criminal gangs were arrested in Feburary, and more than Rs10 million (Dh265,251) recovered from them, officials in Pakistan’s Lahore city say.
The statistics were released by Lahore police on Saturday, to highlight its performance over the last month.
According to the report, during operations to find illegal weapons, police arrested 419 persons.
Weapons recovered included 32 rifles, four Kalashnikovs and 357 revolvers and pistols.
At least 13 other guns, as well as 2,552 bullets, were seized during the operations, officials said. In a clampdown on substance abuse, more than 11 kilos of heroin, 221kg hashish, 70kg opium and 6597 litres of liquor were recovered from 498 suspects.
Moreover, over Rs450,000 in cash wasrecovered from 534 suspects during a crackdown on gambling. Lahore police also arrested 143 criminals during operations to shut down brothels in the city.
As many as 1,975 persons were arrested over violation of ban on wheelie, kite-flying, firing into the and other crimes.
DIG Operations Lahore Mohammad Waqas Nazir said the latest technology and all possible resources were being utilised along with the introductiion of institutional reforms for prevention and control of crimes in the city.
All divisional SPs have been given special orders to arrest criminals involved in heinous crimes and special teams have been constituted to arrest proclaimed offenders particularly drug-peddlers involved in selling of narcotics in and around educational institutions.
