Islamabad: Islamabad police have arrested nine Afghan nationals for their illegal stay in country — and six Pakistanis for various crimes — a police spokesman said.
Special checks were conducted in various areas of the city, at the orders of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) — Islamabad, during which the Station House Officer (SHO) of Khana police, Inspector Abdul Sattar Shah, and Sub-Inspector Darya Khan nabbed a drug peddler from Bilal town and recovered 1.14 kilogrammes of hashish.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shafqat Ullah from Shehzad town police arrested suspects Saddam and Khuram Shehzad for possessing a 30-bore pistol each, while ASI Mohammad Sagheer from Kohsar police nabbed Sagheer for also possessing 30 bore pistol.
Sub-Inspector Muneer Ahmad from Koral police arrested Rizwan and Amjad Mahmoud for selling petroleum products illegally.
Meanwhile, Islamabad police nabbed nine Afghan nationals from various areas of the city for staying in the country illegally.
They have been identified as Hikmat, Jameel Khan, Akram Khan, Saeed, Dilawar Khan, Bilal, Saleem, Zafar and Abdul Ghaffar.
Cases have been registered against these nabbed persons and further investigations are under way, police said.
SSP Islamabad Sajid Kiani hailed this overall performance and directed all police officials to conduct special checks in their respective areas to ensure the arrest of anti-social elements.
