Lahore: Lahore Police has retrieved 743 possessions of public and private lands and properties comprising 05 thousands and 711 kanals area worth approximately rupees 114.01 billions during this year till. According to the performance report, Lahore Police arrested as many as 39318 accused persons involved in different crimes during the last eleven months of the present year.
As many as 3856 members of 1608 active dacoit gangs were arrested whereas cash and valuables worth rupees 63 crore, 03 lac and 28 thousands was recovered from them. Police recovered 73 cars, 3528 motorcycles, 122 other vehicles, 36 laptops and 3435 mobile phones as well from these criminals. During the grand action against illegal weapons in the city, Lahore Police arrested 5960 criminals and 5957 cases were registered against them in different police stations of the city. Police recovered 65 Kalashnikov, 525 rifles, 299 guns, 39657 pistols, 07 carbines, 36 revolvers and more than 57 thousands and 300 hundred bullets and cartridges from the criminals. During action against drug peddlers, Police arrested as many as 8468 criminals and registered 8362 FIRs against them during the last eleven months and recovered from them more than 90kg of heroin, 3717 kg charas, 26 Kg of ICE, 169kg opium and 92722 litres of liquor. Similarly, Lahore Police arrested 4615 criminals involved in gambling and registered 898 cases against them recovering more than rupees 91lac 94 thousands as gambling money. Moreover, 1013 Proclaimed Offenders of ‘A’ category, 8505 POs of ‘B’ category,1909 targeted Offenders whereas 4992 Court Absconders were arrested during this year. Lahore Police also registered 10503 FIRs against the accused persons for violating Kite Flying Act and recovered more than 01 lac and18 thousands kites as well as 18386 strings from them. Moreover, during this year as many as 1555 cases have been registered against violation of One Wheeling Act, 601 FIRs have been launched against violation of Aerial Firing Act whereas 443 cases have been registered against persons involved in immoral activities in brothel houses and other places. CCPO Lahore Additional IG Fayyaz Ahmad Dev has said that on the directions of IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan the immediate registration of FIRs has been ensured and special focus given on the targets of arrest of criminals involved in organized crimes, proclaimed and targeted Offenders. Beat system has been revived in police stations whereas the performance of Anti Riot Force, Dolphin Squad and Police Response Unit has also been revamped with targeted patrolling according to the hotspots of crimes. “We are trying to provide uniformed and standardized facilities along with clear drinking water and conducive atmosphere in police stations,” Fayyaz Ahmad Dev pledged. He said, the administrative and institutional structure of different units of Lahore Police has further been strengthened including criteria for posting transfer of SHOs and In Charge Investigations to improve the performance of the force. Fayyaz Ahmad Dev said that the only purpose of all tiers of Lahore police should be to chase and arrest criminals and he was himself monitoring the performance of Police officers to meet the targets regarding control of crime. Additional IG Fayyaz Ahmad Dev further said, new operational strategies, effective mechanism and institutional reforms would help to improve the overall performed of the force so as to control crime and maintain law and order in the city. He said due to the citizens centric smart policing of Lahore Police, the last eleven months of this year remained peaceful in context of overall law and order and security situation. Commander Lahore police has reiterated his resolve to make all out efforts to control crime and serve humanity with more dedication and zeal, using smart and community based policing as key tools to meet the ongoing challenges of new trends of crimes.