Weapon desk established to find out sources of illegal arms.

KARACHI -- The Sindh police have established a weapon desk in a bid to find out the source of arms and ammunition recovered from the arrested accused, media reported on Sunday.

According to details, the weapon desk has been established in Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on the orders of Sindh Inspector-General of Police (IGP).

As many as 16 personnel of the terrorism department have been posted on the weapon desk. The officers will interrogate the accused imprisoned in more than 100 police stations across the city.

The CTD personnel will interrogate the arrested accused regarding the supply of illegal arms and ammunition. Stations House Officers (SHOs) and investigating officers (IO) of all police stations have been directed to cooperate with the newly-formed desk.

In a statement, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CTD said in case of arms recovery, solid evidence is not found against the...

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