KARACHI: A phoney post office and a postal money orders racket were unearthed by the Pakistan Special Police on Wednesday [Oct 31] when they hauled up three members of an alleged gang.

The Police, who had been informed of the racket involving several thousand rupees, managed to locate one of the addressees of the bogus money orders.

The money order form gave out that Rs 300 were sent by a person from a certain town in East Pakistan to a man in Karachi. The money was to be paid through the Lalukhet Post Office.

A trap was laid and the addressee was apprehended while receiving the money. Investigation led to two more arrests and also the discovery of a phoney post office in Gizri Hills, a city outskirt.

The phoney post office was equipped with all paraphernalia of making entries, stamps and forged signatures on the forged money order forms which were obtained from [the] local post offices.

The forged money orders were mixed with the incoming dak and the money was paid to the addressees from the local post offices.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2026