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Sindh police arrested 321 people across the province for violating section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code and for hoarding masks, sanitisers, gloves etc.

A spokesperson for Sindh Police said that 267 people were arrested in Karachi, one in Hyderabad and 53 in Sukkur.

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