Shipment with arms, liquor seized at Lahore railway station

LAHORE: General Manager Pakistan Railways, Javed Anwar Wednesday said the concerned authorities have seized arms and bottles of liquor shipped to Lahore railway station from Karachi.

Addressing a press conference along with IG Railway Police Munir Ahmed Chishti, he said the items seized at the Lahore railway station included 10 revolvers (one of 32 bore and nine of 30 bore), a pump action, nine bottles of liquor and ball bearings.

He said the person named Asif Shehzad Qureshi who came to receive the items had been arrested.

GM Railways Javed Anwar said 100 grams of white powder which is similar in appearance to gun powder was also recovered. It will be sent to a lab for test, he added.

He said the staff at the deposit counter in Karachi was told by the shipper that the packets contained items of household supplies.

He said a case number 194/14 has been lodged at Railway Police Lahore.

Javed Anwar further said that DSP Karachi, Niaz Ahmed has been suspended while sub-inspector Furqanul Haq Ashram Dad, Constable Sardar Muhammad, Railway staff Anas Butt and Khadim Hussain have been arrested. They have also been nominated in the case, he added.

He said action will be initiated against the people involved in the crime in accordance with the law.

The GM Railways disclosed that the person on whose name the packets were shipped is an employee of ARY. His office card is in our custody, he added.

He said it was the responsibility of the Railways staff at Karachi to check the goods.