RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi Police have arrested 12 including four bootleggers and four Proclaimed Offenders (POs) wanted in different cases, said a police spokesman here on Friday.
He informed that Taxila, Saddar Wah and Gungmandi police managed to arrest Saeed Akhtar, Atif, Ayaz and Umar wanted in different cases including attempt to murder.
The spokesman informed that in an operation, Chontra police conducted a raid and rounded up four namely Danial, Zain, Rashid and Madad for possessing illegal weapons including a 223 bore rifle, two 30 bore rifles, a pistol and ammunition.
He said, Airport and Naseerabad police in Potohar division in their operations against bootleggers conducted raids and arrested four accused namely Safdar, Moaz, Amjad and Iqbal for having 60 bottles of liquor and 18 liters liquor.
He said that Rawalpindi district police were taking stern action in accordance with the law against the lawbreakers, adding, the operations would continue and all POs and outlaws and they would be sent behind the bars.
SSP Operations, Rawalpindi Muhammad Amir Khan Niazi had directed the police officers to accelerate ongoing operations against POs and most wanted criminals, he added.