Lahore police crackdown against organized crimes, beggars continues

Lahore: On the directions of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, Lahore police crackdown against organized crimes and professional beggars has been continued in the city as Police arrested as many as 421 gamblers during raids at 97 gambling dens of the city during last ten days. Lahore police also raided 88 brothel houses and arrested as many as 417 accused men and women involved in immoral activities. During crackdown against narcotics, police arrested 329 drug dealers from different parts of the city and registered 148 cases against display of illegal weapons and 29 FIRs against accused persons involved in aerial firing. Police assured presence of as many as 101 notorious goons with previous criminal record in police stations. CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar further informed that Lahore police also arrested 134 proclaimed offenders, 700 court absconders and 91 habitual criminals along with 31 POs of category ‘A’ wanted by different police stations in heinous crimes. Ghulam Mahmood Dogar further said Lahore police action against professional and criminal beggars has continued as Police has arrested 2945 habitual beggars and registered 2798 cases against them in different police stations of the city. According to the details City Division police arrested 591 beggars, Cantt division 352, Civil Lines Division 607, Sadar division 48, Iqbal Town Division 463 whereas Model Town division police has arrested 527 beggars. Traffic Police has separately managed to register 147 cases against the beggars involved in disturbing the flow of traffic at main junctions, roads and traffic signals.