Bahawalpur:Bahawalpur Police arrested 12 suspects in separate operations carried out over the past two days and recovered a significant quantity of liquor, narcotics, and illegal weapons.
According to a spokesman for Bahawalpur police, teams from Sadar Bahawalpur, Nowshera Jadeed, and Uch Sharif police stations arrested three suspected liquor dealers and recovered 75 litres of liquor from their possession. In separate operations, police from Baghdad-ul-Jadeed, Musafirkhana, Sadar Yazman, Sadar Ahmadpur East, and Khairpur Tamewali police stations arrested seven suspected drug peddlers and recovered 1,320 grams of hashish and 295 grams of crystal meth.
Meanwhile, police from Baghdad-ul-Jadeed and Sadar Ahmadpur East police stations arrested two suspects for possessing illegal weapons.
During the operations, police recovered one 30-bore pistol and one 12-bore repeater shotgun. Separate criminal cases have been registered against all the arrested suspects, and further investigation is underway.