TAXILA, Jan 30: Police have recaptured four men involved in street crimes and vehicles' snatching after they escaped from custody on Saturday. A few days back in a press conference, police officials announced arrest of Arsalan Khan, Arsalan Niamat, Arsalan Afzal and Mohammad Farooq, saying they were involved in streets crimes and stealing vehicles. According to the officials, two motorcycles and eight cellphones were recovered from them. — Correspondent

The four men were given into the custody of police station no 2 but they escaped on Saturday. After a five-hour manhunt, the four men were recaptured. A case of negligence was also registered against policemen.

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