Karachi police arrest five robbers, recover looted valuables

KARACHI: The local police conducted a swift operation and apprehended all five accused individuals allegedly involved in the egg dealer robbery that took place at Karachi’s Shah Faisal Colony, ARY News reported on Monday.

According to the details, the accused reportedly looted Rs 1,300,000 cash and mobile phones from the egg dealer shop located at Shah Faisal colony was arrested.

The law enforcement authorities managed to recover a total of Rs 950,000 cash from the possession of the accused robbers, meanwhile, some arms and stolen mobile phones of the citizens were also recovered.

READ: Police bust wedding house robbery gang in Karachi

Earlier to this, the suspect who allegedly opened fire and injured two citizens over robbery resistance in Gulshan-e-Hadid was arrested.

According to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir, the bandit, Shehzad, was arrested with the help of CCTV footage, meanwhile during the investigation, the culprit confessed to various robberies in Gulshan-e-Hadid and Shah Latif town.

The police officials recovered an illegal arm and multiple bullets from the possession of the accused robber.

The incident was reported in the Steel Town police station last night, after which the local police officers conducted a raid and arrested the culprit.