SIALKOT, Jan 13: Eleven dacoits wearing police uniform looted cash, foreign currency and dozens of cell phones worth Rs0.6 million at gunpoint from workers and staff of a sports factory here on Thursday morning near Miani village on Daska-Sialkot Road.

Reports said the dacoits overpowered the security guard and held dozens of factory workers and other staff hostage. The accused detained them at different rooms, looted cash, foreign currency and cell phones and managed their escape. Sialkot Saddar police have registered a case with no clue or arrest.

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