Eight accused arrested during police operation

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KARACHI: Police on Saturday arrested eight suspects from different areas of Karachi.

As per details, the raids were conducted in Landhi 89, Manghopir and Joharabad localities of the port city.

Sources said that three suspects arrested from Joharabad used to rob people outside banks.

According to police, the mastermind of the gang has also been arrested previously while search was underway to trace his other accomplices.

In Manghopir, police raided and arrested two suspects who used to sell cars in Balochistan after stealing them from Karachi. Weapons and two motorcycles without number plates were recovered from them.

In Landhi 89, three suspects were arrested after an alleged police encounter.

Meanwhile personnel belonging to a Law Enforcement Agency raided an empty house in Shah Faisal Colony and recovered an LMG, SMG and more than 200 bullets. Two suspects escaped during the raid. A search is underway for their arrest.