ISLAMABAD: The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) provided timely assistance to as many as 167,000 road users during the month of September, its spokesperson claimed on Sunday.

According to the police, lost gold jewellery worth Rs16.93 million and mobile phones worth Rs2.953m were returned to their rightful owners last month.

The NH&MP also helped reunite 33 missing children with their parents and foiled 18 criminal incidents on national highways. Twenty suspects were arrested in various operations and handed over to the relevant authorities, while seven stolen vehicles were recovered.

The police recovered 148kg cannabis and 155kg opium and arrested suspects.

A total of 252 road safety awareness sessions were conducted, while more than 2.729m citizens received road safety guidance.

Published in Dawn, October 26th, 2026