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Mobile phones recovered from prisoners of Adiala Jail: sources

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RAWALPINDI: The administration of Adiala Jail on Saturday recovered a number of prohibited devices and mobile phones from the prisoners, ARY News reported.

Sources privy to the development, the administration of the Adiala Jail has decided to launch a search operation on the complaints of the presence of several prohibited items with the prisoners in the jail.

Several cell phones were recovered from the possession of the prisoners while two accused, who were receiving cash from the heirs of the prisoners on their mobile account of various cash services, were nabbed.

In a report released by Punjab prison department in July 2019, around 7,364 mobile phones were recovered from prisoners in Punjab jails.

Read more: Security forces conduct search operation in Central Jail Karachi, recover 300 phones

During operations in jails of Punjab, 7,346 mobile phones, 2,271 sim cards and 1,627 chargers were recovered from the possession of inmates.

The report revealed that the Lahore region had topped the list where 3,262 phones were recovered. 1,488 and 1,212 mobile phones were found in the regions of Rawalpindi and Faisalabad respectively.

From the Sargodha region, 573 phones were caught while from Multan jails, the number was 279.

304 and 246 were recovered from Bahawalpur and Sahiwal regions respectively.

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