KOHAT: Di
strict police claimed to have arrested 78 criminals – including five absconders – during crackdown
against illegal elements on Thursday.
According to di
strict police office (DPO), teams from every police statio
n in the di
strict were directed to widen the range of the crackdown
against the criminals, adding that during raids, two facilitators who had given refuge to absconders were also held.
The office further said that the criminals involved in smuggling, drug peddling, robberies, kidnapping and killing were apprehended and two AK-47 guns, three shotguns, two rifles, five pistols and hundreds of bul
lets were recovered from their custody, along with four kilogram hashish.
The police registered the cases and
began investigation.