KARACHI: The city police on Monday claimed to have arrested two suspects including a woman drug peddler from the Memon Goth area of Karachi.
According to details, the Malir police station arrested the woman drug peddler on a tip-off, besides recovering two kilogrammes of hashish from her possession. The woman, identified as Mesmat Naz Bibi alias Shahnaz Bibi was listed among the wanted drug peddlers.
Meanwhile, the police also arrested a person suspected to be involved in street crimes and recovered stolen mobile phones and weapon from their possession.
A day earlier, the Kalakot police claimed to have arrested two alleged members of the Uzair Baloch-led gang. City SSP Sarfraz Nawaz said they were allegedly involved in murder, extortion, robberies and sale of drugs.
The police said suspects Mohammed Zubair alias Chotu and Rehman Ali were arrested and arms, one kilo of crystal meth, and pay orders amounting to over Rs10 million were seized from them.
The SSP said they were linked with Mullah Nisar, a ‘commander’ of Uzair Baloch-led gang. During initial probe, the suspects confessed that on the directives of Mullah Sohail, they had killed four gangsters associated with their rival gang led by Baba Ladla.
They were also involved in the killing of a political activist in 2014. According to the SSP, the suspects had recently snatched the pay orders from an employee of the district municipal corporation, Keamari.
