LAHORE: Cantonment police on Saturday claimed to have arrested three suspects involved in faking a robbery.

A mobile phone shop owner, Malik Aqib, and his three employees, Hussain, Nadeem and Naqash, planned to fake a robbery of Rs1.6m in the Cantonment area.

According to details, Aqib was going to a bank to deposit Rs1.6m of a famous transaction service when three armed people stopped him and snatched the cash bag. They also resorted to firing into the air.

A robbery case was registered against unidentified persons with Defence B Police Station.

A police team conducted an investigation and found the shopkeeper and two of his employees were involved in masterminding the fake robbery scene. It was also revealed that the suspects had resorted to aerial firing and snatched an empty cash bag to fake the robbery.

The police team identified the suspects and arrested them.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022