LAHORE: Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) arrested 80 criminals, involved in various heinous crimes, and recovered valuables, drugs and illegal weapons from their possession, while rendered 3,756 helps to commuters.
According to a PHP spokesperson, on the instructions of PHP Addl IGP Amjad Javaid Saleemi, PHP teams arrested 39 Proclaimed Offenders (PO) and recovered 190 litres of liquor, 3,334 grams of chars; arresting 25 culprits, namely Siraj Ahmed, Mubshar, Zahid Imran, M Shahzad, Adnan, Faisal, Wasiq Ejaz, M Sajid, Ghulam Yaseen, M Iqbal, Aqdus Ali, Imran Ahmed, Mansoor, Tanzil and Hassan. Similarly, PHP arrested 2 court absconders, Abbas and Shafqat Ali.
Furthermore, PHP teams arrested 10 criminals and recovered 9 pistols, 1 rifle, 153 bullets, 4 magazines and 4 cartages from them. The team also arrested Ramzan and recovered 140 Kg unhygienic meat from him, while recovering stolen wood of Rs 250,000 from 2 truck drivers, Arif and Banaris Khan, plus reunited a child named to his parents.