PESHAWAR: Faqirabad Division Police of the capital city busted three deadly gangs of robbers, snatchers and dacoits, said a press release issued here on Thursday.
On the directives of the SP Faqirabad Division, Dr Mohammad Omar and under the supervision of ASP Faqirabad, Syed Talal Ahmad Shah, DSP Gulabahar Shakeel Khan, the Station House Officers (SHOs) of Police Station Gulbahar, Rafiq Khan and Paharipura, Bilal Hussain busted a deadly gang of robbers and arrested 12 members of the gang wanted to police in connections with various cases of snatching at gun points.
The arrested also include some nationals of the neighbouring country Afghanistan while others were the residents of Faqirabad, Sheikhabad, Gulabahar, Chamkani and Landi Kotal of district Khyber.
Police have recovered a total of 60 precious mobile phone sets and an amount of Rs.0.5 million in cash while six pistols and 10 motorcycles used by the gangs for criminal activities have also been recovered from the accused.
The gang members also include an expert of tampering with engine and chassis numbers of the motorcycles.
Police have started efforts to search out the actual owners of the stolen motorcycles and mobile phones to hand them over to them.