Three held for stealing oil from Parco pipeline.

MUZAFFARGARH -- Police and Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (Parco) teams in a joint operation arrested three suspects, including the alleged ringleader of a gang, while they were stealing oil from Parco pipeline here on Saturday.

According to police, District Police Officer Syed Nadeem Abbas had learnt that many gangs were involved in stealing oil from teh Parco pipeline in Muzaffargarh.

Last week the DPO constituted a special team to arrest the gangs involved in oil theft.

On Saturday, a joint police and Parco team conducted a raid on leased farmland near the Parco where they found two tankers being filled with the oil stolen from the pipeline by the suspects.

Police arrested the gang ringleader, Shahid and his two accomplices on the spot, seized the oil tankers and recovered tools used in the theft.

Two tankers filled with stolen oil seized

Police learnt the eight-acre land where the raid was conducted was taken on lease by the prime suspect, Shahid, some two months ago. The main Parco pipeline runs near the land. The DPO said stern...