Karachi police arrest 890 street criminals, drug dealers within a week.

KARACHI -- Karachi police on Sunday claimed to have arrested more than 890 street criminals, drug dealers and fugitives during raids in different areas of the city to curb crime in the city.

According to the spokesperson of Karachi police, the Karachi police arrested a total of more than 890 suspects during raids in Karachi's East, West and South Zones last week. The police seized more than 222kg hashish, 2kg 980 grams of ice/crystal and 947 grams of heroin worth millions of rupees during the anti-drug drive in different areas.

More than 149 different types of illegal weapons along with ammunition used in looting and other incidents were seized from the arrested street criminals. During anti-crime operations in the city, 7 encounters were held with the accused. In the exchange of fire, three dacoits were...