LAHORE: Police claimed on Saturday to have arrested a gang of six fake doctors involved in theft and sale of kidneys.

Addressing a press conference at the Sarwar Road police station, Cantonment Division Superintendent of Police (SP) Investigation Ismail Kharak said the suspects would bring people for free treatment to a private hospital where their kidneys were removed.

The kidneys were smuggled to different areas of the country, he added.

The SP said a special police team was constituted to nab the suspects who were arrested from the Factory Area.

The arrested suspects were identified as Ramzan, Aamir Bashir, Sarfaraz, Shakeel, Dr Awais Gohar and Dr Kaleemullah.

Meanwhile, Factory Area police claimed to have arrested a five-member robbers’ gang involved in house robberies and recovered cash, jewellery and valuables worth Rs1.3 million from them.

According to news release, the suspects, in the disguise of home-based workers, used to enter houses and carry out robberies. The arrested suspects were identified as Naveed, Mohsin, Asif, Shabbir and Mumtaz Ahmed.

Police also recovered 15 mobile phones, laptops and two pistols from them.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2015