SUKKUR: Sukkur police claimed to have arrested three arms traffickers and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition concealed in secret cavities in their car near Motorway Interchange within the jurisdiction of Patni police station near here on Wednesday.

Patni SHO along with his team were searching vehicles near the Interchange when they found the illegal arms and ammunition in a car (AEX 439). The weapons included five SMG rifles, four G3 rifles, 14 9MM pistols, four 30 bore pistols and a sizable quantity of ammunition, said police officials.

They told media persons that they had arrested the suspected arm traffickers identified as Behram, Inayat, Manzoor Ali who had been booked under relevant sections of the law.

Dacoits kill man over resisting abduction

Police said that dacoits shot dead a man Shah Dino Solangi when he resisted their attempt to abduct him in Badani area in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Wednesday.

They said the dacoits managed to escape from the crime scene before police arrived there. They brought the victim’s body to civil hospital where doctors carried out post mortem on it and handed it over to heirs after completion of medico-legal formalities, said police.

Police had cordoned off the area and mounted a search for the killers, said officials, adding, the dacoits had stepped up their activities to prevent police from taking action against them.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2023