KOHAT, Feb 22: Police arrested two alleged thieves who were stealing pieces of rail track here the other day. Following information that some people were pulling off pieces of railway track between Kohat and Thall near Babri Cotton Mills, the police raided the scene and arrested two thieves red-handed while their other accomplices fled.

They were identified as Jehanzeb of Orakzai Agency and Muzaffar of Charsadda.

Three accused – Naeem, Fahad and Hasnain – are at large, said the Cantonment police, which had registered the case.

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