95 held, arms seized in Karachi crackdown

Posted by GeoNewsBlog.Com on Feb 08, 2010 | Leave a Comment

KARACHI: Some 95 people were arrested and a cache of arms recovered from their possession after rangers launched a crackdown in different parts of the city on Monday.

According to rangers’ spokesman, 95 people were held from different parts of the city in a crackdown against the terrorists and anti-social elements.

They were arrested from Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Sohrab Goth, North Nazimabad, Baldia Town, Orangi Town and other areas, he said.

The spokesman said that the arrested people were shifted to undisclosed locations for interrorgatin.

He said that 2 Kalashnikovs, 42 pistols, 7 repeaters, 8 rifles and 1396 bullets were also seized during the crackdown.

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