25 Gamblers, Shisha Smokers, Renting Rules Violators Netted

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Nov, 2018 ) :Police in their crackdown against gamblers, shisha smokers and Punjab Renting Rules Violators arrested 25 accused besides recovering Rs 8000 cash stake money, six mobile phones, 293 hookas and other items from their possession.

According to a police spokesman, Saddar Baroni police acting on a tip-off conducted a raid and arrested Idrees, Ahsan, Raja Shahid, Nasir, Hafeez, Saeed and Anwar who were allegedly involved in gambling while playing cards. Police recovered Rs 8000, six mobile phones and other items from their possession.

New Town police on the directive of City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Abbas Ahsan conducted raid and arrested five shisha smokers namely Asif, Mukhtar, Saqib, Younas and Ali Ahmed and recovered 293 hookas and huge quantity of other items.

Waris Khan police raided at a wedding ceremony and rounded up Nawaz and Toseef for using fireworks items.

Meanwhile, Rawat police netted Muhammad Akram for running an illegal petrol agency and seized 450 liters diesel.

Saddar Wah and New Town police arrested Khalid Aziz, Hamza Rehman, Ijaz, Usman, Ahmed Murtaza, Usman Sarwar, Faizan, Yousaf, Abdul Rehman and Shafique who were Punjab Renting Rules Violators and did not pass on the required information to the police.

Cases have beenregistered against the accused while further investigations are underway, headded.