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Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered from car in Sheikhupura

Bilal Ahmed Published May 1, 2017
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Security forces recovered a large number of weapons from a car intercepted in the Kot Pindi Das area of Sheikhupura on Monday.

As Motorway Police had tried to stop the vehicle, said to be on its way from Islamabad to Lahore, the driver lost control and the car fell into a ditch, Motorway Police said.

The secret compartments of the car became dislodged in the crash, revealing the cache of weapons hidden in them.

The cache of weapons recovered from the car are displayed. — DawnNews
The cache of weapons recovered from the car are displayed. — DawnNews

Motorway Police said they seized an assortment of nearly 100 rifles, Kalashnikovs, and other guns as well as a large cache of bullets. The two suspects travelling in the car managed to flee the scene.

In a press conference, officials of the Motorway police said the weapons and bullets have been seized and a preliminary investigation is now underway.

Over a hundred rifles were found in a secret compartment of the car — DawnNews
Over a hundred rifles were found in a secret compartment of the car — DawnNews

The car from which the weapons were recovered.— DawnNews
The car from which the weapons were recovered.— DawnNews

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Skeptic
May 01, 2017 11:58am
Really? Look at the pictures... Does anyone seriously think all these weapons could've been hidden in one car? Unless we are talking about a large van or pickup truck.
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Concerned Pakistani
May 01, 2017 12:10pm
It is strange that the suspects fled without vehicel from the motorway where motorway police is fully equiped to chase.
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ABE
May 01, 2017 12:15pm
All these weapons will weigh a few thousand kilos. No way an ordinary car could car this load.
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ABE
May 01, 2017 12:18pm
"Motorway police said the weapons and bullets have been taken into custody " You should also finger print them and prosecute the weapons! The correct term is 'seized' or 'confiscated', not 'custody' when it comes to things.
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Mohammed Sattar
May 01, 2017 12:19pm
How can the suspects flee from the scene when they were being pursued by the police and that on the motorway too? Something fishy here.
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anees zed
May 01, 2017 12:29pm
No. They did not 'manage' to escape. They were 'allowed' to escape. Ridiculous!!!
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muhammad
May 01, 2017 12:30pm
hahah our police is joke everyone run away even walking and nothing proofed in courts.
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Gunner
May 01, 2017 12:41pm
All of that in THAT vehicle? You gotta be kidding me
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mirza
May 01, 2017 12:50pm
It's mind boggling why they manage to escape all the time. There is something fishy in all this.
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mirza
May 01, 2017 12:50pm
@Gunner I am sure they are hiding some things that's a too big of a load for a Honda Civic I guess.
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Viv's
May 01, 2017 12:55pm
@Gunner I agree! It's ridiculous even to claim those many weapons recovered from that tiny vehicle.
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Falcon1
May 01, 2017 01:01pm
Sounds fishy... This huge cache in small SUV? The alleged driver escaped - from the ditch,on the motorway, on foot, and no one chased him? Motorway Police don't have vehicles or Motorbikes?? More holes in this story than you will find in Swiss Cheese.
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Mahmood
May 01, 2017 01:09pm
The weight alone of these weapons could not be carried in this vehicle...Who are they trying to kid?
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saudagar
May 01, 2017 01:12pm
Honda surely has LARGEST boot space .TATA should learn from pakistan-Honda .
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frank
May 01, 2017 01:26pm
story doesnt make sense. Secret compartment cannot store that much ammunition. Sorry this story smells fishy! Whos name is car registeted to ? how can they run on foot from police on a highway?
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RAHMAN
May 01, 2017 01:26pm
Is it possible to accommodate so much arms in a car?
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AHa
May 01, 2017 01:39pm
Sounds fishy. The cashe is worth a truckload and how can one fit in a car
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Zulfiqar Syed
May 01, 2017 01:45pm
This is a true fishy story, So much ammunition, car got stuck in ditch, amo recovered, and suspect fled, requires a Judicial enquiry.
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Malik Amjad
May 01, 2017 01:54pm
How can this hide more than 100 guns in secret compartment of a Honda car. Have they put them in boot of the car?
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Skeptic
May 01, 2017 02:26pm
Did they forget to include pictures of 10 suspects found in this very car - who were allowed to flee??
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Khawar T khyam
May 01, 2017 02:44pm
How you can fit 100 guns in this small car and that is also in special compartment. I thing police is trying to set up some one.
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Usman
May 01, 2017 02:47pm
I don't think you can fit 100 AK47'S IM a Honda City. The police probably planted it the evidence.
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Akram
May 01, 2017 02:52pm
How could they flee on foot? someone has either been incompetent or taken a bribe. They need to arrest the culprits.
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Naeem
May 01, 2017 03:01pm
Did they let the elephant in the car , get away? Who are they kidding? The material shown could not have ever been hidden in the car shown.
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JKhan
May 01, 2017 03:20pm
@RAHMAN perhaps this car had seats removed to accommodate goods.
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Ft
May 01, 2017 03:40pm
It'll change nothing, it's a staged story to fool nation.
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zak
May 01, 2017 03:56pm
Good advertisement for that Japanese car. ' Hey, look you can carry all this in our small car'-with Picture
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pakistani
May 01, 2017 04:02pm
I really dont understand how in almost evefry encounter or op some or all of the culprits manage to flee the scene
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Drama
May 01, 2017 04:09pm
" The two suspects travelling in the car managed to flee the scene." This is called Drama.
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ejaz
May 01, 2017 05:37pm
@Skeptic: I have the same question.
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Salem
May 01, 2017 05:53pm
@Usman the policeman who was told to lay out the rifles on the table, probably did not see the car, hence his miscalculation. Never mind 100 % for trying, 0% for presentation.
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Asif A Shah
May 01, 2017 06:28pm
Something is not right about the story. How the suspects manage to escape when the police could get back up and surround the suspects.
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azam khan
May 02, 2017 04:04am
Well you have the registration no. of the car, you can investigate. I know, I know the owner will say someone robbed his car sometime back. These things are going to happen now after the secret visit of Jindal.
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