Cash van heist: two suspects handed over to police on 3-day remand

KARACHI: Police on Saturday produced three suspects, including a woman, before a court in a case pertaining to the Rs205 million cash van robbery on Karachi’s I.I. Chundrigar road.

A judicial magistrate sent suspect Fazeela to prison on judicial remand while handed over two others, Niaz Badshah and Gul Hassan, to police on a three-day physical remand for investigation.

The investigation officer informed the court that a collective sum of over R6.6 million was seized from them. Rs1.9m was recovered from Badshah, Rs2m from Fazeela, and Rs1.5m from Gul Hassan.

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On Friday, City SSP Sarfaraz Nawaz said so far 12 suspects have been arrested in the case with a total amount of over Rs38 million, Rs220,000 worth of gold and a car purchased using the looted money recovered from nine of them.

On August 9, the driver of a cash van had fled with Rs205 million from a bank on II Chundrigar Road. A case was registered against the drive and his accomplices at the Mithadar police station.

The police had said that after guards of a private company left to deliver cash to a bank located at I.I. Chundrigar road, the driver of the cash van ran away with the vehicle.

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