PO among eight held in Lakki operation.

LAKKI MARWAT: Police arrested eight people, including a proclaimed offender, during an operation in the limits of Tajori and Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan police station of Darra Pezu town here on Thursday.

An official said that the operation was launched on information about presence of wanted men in the rural areas. He said that the police arrested a proclaimed offender, Shafqatullah, in Adamzai area and seized an AK-47 assault rifle and bullets from him. He said that the outlaw was wanted by police in several cases, including three of murder.

The official said that the police also apprehended three alleged drug peddlers, including Shakirullah, Bashar Khan and Naseer, and seized over one kilogramme of hashish, a rifle, shotgun and pistol from them. He said that four other people were arrested for having illegal...