KARACHI: Suspect held

Published July 5, 2008

KARACHI, July 4: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspect involved in the break-in at a molasses company in the oil installation area of Keamari in the small hours of Thursday.

SHO Jackson police station said that soon after the incident a patrolling police party had chased and arrested the suspect.

He said that all the valuables stolen from the company had been recovered from his possession. He said that efforts were being made to arrest the remaining culprits. The suspect arrested by the police has been identified as Akhtar and a pistol and truck has also been seized.

Postings

AIG Operations Javed Akbar Riaz was transferred and posted as SP Jamshed Town on Friday. The post had fallen vacant following the transfer of SSP Shahid Hayat.

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