Huge cache of weapons recovered from Karachi’s Rizvia Society

KARACHI: Rangers arrested three suspects and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Karachi’s Rizvia Society on Monday.

Pakistan Rangers Sindh, according to their spokesperson, arrested Azam Abbas, Amir Abbas and Asif. The suspects were involved in illegal trade of weapons, according to the spokesperson.

The three suspects then led the law enforcers to another house in the same vicinity where a huge cache of weapons was present.

The recovered weapons included a G3 rifle, four sub-machine guns (SMGs), two 7mm rifles, M4 rifles, a .22 rifle, a .22 pistol, six 9mm pistols, five 12 bore rifle, four 30 bore pistols, a 32 bore pistol and a 38 bore pistol.

Moreover, about 2,159 rounds of different weapons were also seized from the suspect’s possession. 

'Karachi operation yielded positive results'

The Director-General (DG) Rangers Major General Muhammad Saeed on Tuesday said that the Karachi operation has yielded noticeably positive results.

"Positive results of the operation are noticeable from the improved peace situation of the metropolis," Major General Saeed said during a visit to Bahria University’s Karachi campus.

“We are taking every possible measure to improve the peace and security situation,” he said, adding that the operation will continue till its objectives are achieved.

The Ministry of Interior in October this year issued a notification calling for a 90-day extension in the Ranger's operation in Karachi on the request of the Government of Sindh.

The extension was granted under clause 1, sub-section 3, of section 4 of the Anti-terrorism Act 1997(XXVII of 1997) and stood effective from October 18.

The paramilitary force was granted certain special powers including arrests and raids when the Karachi operation started back in 2011.

Under the National Action Plan and the Anti-Terrorism Act, the federal cabinet granted special powers to the Rangers to lead a targeted joint operation with the police against criminals involved in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, extortion, and terrorism in Karachi. The operation was launched in September 2013 in Karachi.