| A recent media campaign against the rise in crime has made the capital police arrest 437 people suspected of involvement in robberies and smuggling. A national news agency reported on Friday that the police had carried out a special 24-hour crackdown on suspects in multiple crimes between Thursday and Friday. The agency quoted a police officer as saying that 200 of those arrested were Afghan refugees. The police also confiscated several vehicles and an unspecified quantity of drugs. Local media has been commenting on the increase in the incidence of robberies in Islamabad for the last few months. |