KARACHI: Police claimed to have busted a six-member gang of dacoits in Karachi.
According to police sources, on a tip-off, the police conducted a raid at a house near the Jheel Park area of the city and arrested five members of the robbers.
However, one of their accomplices managed to escape from the scene by taking advantage of the darkness, police said.
Police personnel said that the dacoits mainly target those who were withdrawing cash from ATM machines or banks.
Arms, ammunition, looted money and other valuable were recovered from their possession, said the officials.
Earlier, the special investigation unit (SIU) of the Sindh police had claimed to have busted a five-member gang of dacoits in Karachi On May 5.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur, the dacoits’ gang had been involved in over 100 cases of robberies, street crime, bank robberies and other crimes.
The police officer had maintained that the gang would mainly target those who were withdrawing cash from ATM machines or banks.
The police officer had said that they carried out successful operations against the dacoits in North Karachi and Nagan Chowrangi.
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