FAISALABAD:Police claimed to have arrested 8 dacoits of 2 gangs and recovered 5 snatched motorcycles, illegal weapons and other items from their possession.
Police spokesman said here on Tuesday that SHO Raza Abad Khawaja Imran Mannan on a tip-off conducted raid near Tilewala graveyard and arrested 3 outlaws of a dacoit gang including Bilal and Ali Haidar, etc.
The police recovered 2 motorcycles, illegal weapons, mobile phones and currency notes from their possession.
Meanwhile, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Imran of Sargodha Road police station along with his team also nabbed 5 active members of a dacoit gang including Ibrahim, Ali Raza, Babar, Tariq, etc.
The police recovered 3 motorcycles, illegal weapons, cash, mobile phones and other items from their possession.
All these accused were locked behind bars as they were wanted to the police in a number of dacoity, robbery and other cases while further investigation was under progress, he added.