Multan: Police released their performance report for June 2026, announcing the arrest of 14 members belonging to five criminal gangs and recovery of over Rs7.28 million worth of property.
According to details, police recovered nine motorcycles, one car, two tolas of gold jewellery, mobile phones and livestock during the operations and handed them over to their rightful owners. In three police encounters, two dacoits were killed and one was arrested.
The DPO Dera Ghazi Khan said operations against criminals in June brought down the crime graph and led to record recoveries of over Rs7.28 million. During the month, police also arrested 317 proclaimed offenders wanted in serious cases and 24 court absconders.
In a separate crackdown against narcotics, 52 cases were registered and 72.172 grams of hashish, 9.8 kilograms of ice and 227 litres of liquor were recovered, with liquor sellers arrested. Police also registered 86 cases in a crackdown against illegal weapons, recovering six Kalashnikovs, three guns, 74 pistols and 266 rounds of ammunition, along with arrests of the accused.
The DPO said the operations against criminals and anti-social elements across the district were being carried out in line with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s “Mahfooz Punjab” vision, adding that protecting the life and property of citizens was the police’s foremost duty and priority, and all possible measures were being taken to that end.
The DPO appealed to citizens to share information regarding tenants, suspicious persons, drug peddlers, those involved in sexual abuse of women and children, usurers, thieves, dacoits and land grabbers with police to help establish peace and rule of law in Dera Ghazi Khan district.