KARACHI, July 6: At least 57 mobile phones and 18 vehicles were either snatched or stolen from different parts of the city on Thursday.

Police said that four cars and seven motorcycles were snatched at gunpoint and another four cars and three motorcycles were stolen. Police sources said that 28 mobile phones were snatched at gunpoint and another 21 were reported stolen on Thursday.

At least eight cellphones were reported missing, police said.

ARREST: Nine suspects have been arrested on Thursday with a total of 12 snatched cellphones, nine pistols, eight magazines and 35 bullets, according to the Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell.

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