LAHORE (Dunya News) - Raiwind Police arrested eight suspects of an illegal network transporting weapons and bullets from Darra Adam Khel to Lahore during three separate operations.
According to the spokesperson of DIG Operations, 5 rifles, 4 12-bore repeaters, 44 pistols and 24,500 bullets have been recovered from the possession of the accused.
The accused were transporting weapons and bullets through different vehicles.
Two rifles, a 12-bore repeater and 500 bullets were recovered from one vehicle, three rifles, three 12-bore repeaters, 44 pistols and 9,000 bullets were recovered from the second vehicle, while 15,000 pistol bullets were recovered from the third vehicle.
According to initial investigation, 5 of the accused belong to Peshawar, Kohat and Darra Adam Khel areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while 3 of the accused are locals of Raiwind and Lahore.
The arrested suspects have been identified as Tariq, Farhan, Yousuf, Ali Haider, Sahar Gul, Hazrat Gul, Siraj Khan and Abdul Haseeb. Three vehicles used by the suspects have also been seized.
According to DIG Operations Faisal Kamran, further investigation is underway to determine where the suspects got the weapons and bullets from and where they wanted to move them.