RAWALPINDI, Oct 15: Police have decided to constitute special mobile teams to carry out random “stop and search” operations to detect explosives in the city.

The teams would consist of personnel from the traffic police, special branch and the district police. The police sniffer dog unit will also accompany the teams.

The decision was taken at a meeting held with Additional Inspector General of Police Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani on Wednesday. The meeting attended by SSP special branch Salman Chaudhry, SP Rawal town Khuram Shehzad, SP traffic Malik Matloob Hussain and SSP operation Maqsood Khan reviewed security arrangements.

The stop and search operation will be headed by the respective SHOs and supervised by the SDPO and SP division.

Meanwhile, at least six vehicles were taken away from different parts of the city on Tuesday, police said.

Zahoor Ahmad's carry van (LXC-0752) was stolen in the RA Bazaar area, Khwaja Najam Naeem's car (FDL-0752) was lifted from the Civil Lines, while Saba Mukhtar's car (LXH-221) was stolen in Westridge.

Mohammad Akram told the Chontra police that two unidentified persons booked his car (IDS-2688) for Saddar Barooni and snatched it on the way. Mohammad Arshad's car (KF-583) was stolen from Taxila while Mohammad Saeed Sheel's motorcycle (RLD-5290) was taken away from the New Town area.