KARACHI: Sindh police adopted a new strategy to curb street crimes in Karachi and gave an important task to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) to stop illegal arms supply, a private TV channel reported on Thursday.
The Sindh police department decided to stop the supply of illegal arms to the metropolis for eliminating street crimes.
Inspector General (IG) Sindh police gave the task to the CTD of stopping illegal weapons’ supply to Karachi.
According to a probe report, illegal weapons were brought to bus stations in Karachi from rural parts of the country, whereas, some bus staffers were also found involved in the arms supply. Moreover, some railway routes were also being used.
The probe report revealed that a locally-manufactured illegal pistol is available for sale at Rs15,000 to Rs20,000 in Karachi. The illegal weapons were used for street crimes, dacoities and terrorist activities.
According to sources the Sindh police department constituted CTD teams which will conduct intelligence-based operations.
IG Sindh also met CTD officers and personnel at Central Police Office (CPO) today and handed over the task of stopping the trade and supply of illegal arms.
He issued directives to the officials to conduct rekey and monitoring of affected areas to avoid terrorist activities. He also directed to make intelligence network more effective. He said that the security officials should unearth the sources of illegal arms supply.
