Five criminals held, drugs and weapons seized in raids

The paramilitary force announced the arrests of five more men on Saturday over charges of involvement in various crimes, as well as the seizure of weapons. In an intelligence-based raid on an under- construction house in Surjani Town’s Yaroo Goth, Sindh Rangers’ personnel seized a huge cache ofweapons,which allegedly belonged to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L). The Rangers has been spearheading a successful targeted operation against heinous crimes in Karachi since September 2013. The spokesman for the force said in a statement the seized weapons were two submachine guns, anMP5, a 30-boremouser, four 30-bore pistols, a 12-bore repeater rifle and a 12-bore shotgun. Three SMG magazines and around 1000 bullets of different calibres were also found in the raid, he added. The spokesman said the weaponswould have been used in committing target killings and creating uncertainty in the city. Paramilitary soldiers conducted a raid in the Docks area and arrested Mohammad Naveed alias Machi. He was wanted in connection with a 2017 robbery at Kameela Bakery situated in theGizri area and several other robbery cases. In raids carried out in Tipu Sultan and Gizri areas, four men, identified as Mohammad Javed alias Mota alias Mama, Mohammad Amir alias Mota, Sultan Ahmed and Mohammad Danish –were caught. They had been allegedly operating a drug den in their areas. Weapons and narcoticswere said to have been seized from the possession of the four, who were later handed over to police for further legal proceedings.