KARACHI: Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar has directed the Sindh police and traffic department to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards persons operating vehicles with fake number plates, tinted windows, blue or red lights, various sirens, or driving in the wrong direction.

He also ordered strict action against the individuals involved in display of arms and issues directions to both the district and traffic police to ensure arrests, registration of FIRs, seizure of vehicles and imposition of heavy fines on violators.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Mr Lanjar also urged the citizens to fulfil all legal requirements for their vehicles in order to avoid any trouble.

Police claim busting gang of bike snatchers

Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of bike snatchers by arresting two of its members.

Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi said the New Karachi Industrial Area police conducted a raid and arrested two suspects, Atta and Amir. They were habitual criminals who were arrested several times in the past, he added.

Their gang, he said, comprised 10 members who had been involved in frequent snatching of two-wheelers and four-wheelers at gunpoint from different parts of the city.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2024