RAWALPINDI:The police on Sunday arrested 16 gamblers in a cockfight and recovered a stake of Rs 38,920, seven gamecocks, and 11 mobile phones from their possession.
New Town police conducted a raid and arrested gamblers identified as Siddiq, Naveed, Arshad, Tanveer, Usman, Khurram, Khalid, Gul Zareen and Karamat.
Similarly, Gujjar Khan police held gamblers identified as Javed, Shamriz, Qayyum, Shahid, Khalil, Aisab Khan and Babar.
Police have registered separate cases against all of them and further investigation was in progress.
Divisional SPs appreciated the performance of police teams adding that gambling is the root cause of other evils. The accused involved in such crimes cannot escape from the grip of law, and crackdown against gamblers will be continued without any discrimination, he added.