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| Over 100 held, arms seized at Peshawar refugee camp |
| 2013-08-18 |
[Dawn] Law-enforcement agencies on Friday tossed in the calabooseYou have the right to remain silent... 120 people, mostly Afghans, after seizing wireless sets and arms during a raid on Shamshato Refugee Camp in the suburbs of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. According to a police source, the raid was conducted jointly by police and Frontier Constabulary and that 11 wireless sets, five walky-talkies, three chargers of electrical receivers, four batteries, one bag of potassium chloride, five rifles, two pistols and hundreds of cartridges were recovered from the arrested men. Among the arrested man was proclaimed offender Ghuncha Gul, an Afghan resident, who is wanted by Paharipura police in a murder case. The source said snuffies had spread all over Peshawar district and the raid had proved that thorough checking of every locality was a must. He said police had very limited resources and could not reach every place on their own unless the paramilitary troops offered special support. The source said many snuffies had shifted to the villages close to tribal and semi-tribal regions as they could easily move in case of any possibility of operation against them. Referring to a recent operation at Adezai, he said two snuffies had been killed in the village infuriating terrorists, who had tried in vain to attack police. The source said in the Shamshato Refugee Camp, there were people from tribal areas, who seemed to have involvement in terrorist acts in the capital city. When contacted, deputy superintendent of police Shaukat Khan said the arrested men were being interrogated. "We have information that there are some people associated with terrorist groups. Most of them belong to Afghanistan, while some are hailing from Bara and Tirah Valley," he said. The DSP said the law-enforcement agencies had cordoned off the area since Thursday morning and thoroughly checked movement of the people on the roads and streets and later conducted a raid on the camp. "The relevant officials are interrogating the arrested men and names of those found guilty of criminal activities will be made public very soon," he said. Mr Shaukat said a case against the arrested men had been registered. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 One usually holds a person by seizing their arms. That would mean two-hundred arms were seized. Maybe less if some were missing one. How did they hold those with no arms? Oh, those kind of 'arms'. Never mind. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-18 14:52 |