Woman involved in string of robberies at ATMs arrested

KARACHI: Karachi police on Wednesday arrested a woman allegedly involved in a string of robberies across the city, ARY News reported.

The woman named Chanda alias Aman was involved in over two dozens incidents of looting citizens withdrawing money from ATMs. However, two of her male accomplices, Zeeshan and Waseem, managed to escape and evade arrest.

A pistol was also recovered from the suspect pursue. CCTV footage have also been obtained of the robberies shows her looting citizens withdrawing money from ATMs.

Police said the the suspect use to bring two criminals from Baldia, and targeted ATM in several areas including DHA, Nursery and Tariq Road. The suspect accomplices are previously involved in several other criminal incidents.

It is further known that the woman used to go to Baldia Town from Shah Faisal colony to her accomplices, and they later went on a motorcyle for their criminal activities. She was not considered suspicious during police investigations and often went unnoticed during checking. After the incident, she would drop her accomplices and return home.