MIANWALI: A team of district police on Friday seized illegal weapons from a car at Fakharabad check post at Mianwali’s entry point.

District Police Officer Hassan Asad Alvi said at a press conference at his office that officials got information about the possibility of smuggling of illegal weapons to the district and they set up pickets at the entry points.

A police team headed by Musakhel circle DSP, along with Chakrala SHO Inspector Muhammad Iqbal, stopped a car (LRY-0009) on suspicion and found driver Abdul Malik Jan Kakar who hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa carrying a pistol.

The police team searched the vehicle and recovered from the hidden cavities four pistols and magazines, he said, adding that the Chakrala police registered a case.

The DPO said that during 2019 police registered 1,559 cases and recovered from suspects 64 Kalashnikoves, 277 rifles, 360 guns, 1,046 pistols and cartridges in 2019.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2019