The Islamabad police arrested 27 outlaws including two street criminals, recovered weapons and narcotics from their possession during separate actions in various areas across the federal capital on Sunday. In line with directives of Senior Superintendent Police (Operations) Syed Muhammad Amin Bukhari to arrest culprits involved in looting people at gun point, Superintendent Police Saddar Zone Umar Khan constituted a team under the supervision of Station House Officer Tarnol Police Station Muhammad Iqbal including Sub Inspector Yar Muhammad and others which after hard work traced and arrested two culprits, identified as Ikram hailing from Dhoke Pracha Islamabad and Adil resident of Dhoke Matkayal Rawalpindi. The police also recovered cash, cell phones and weapons from them. Inspector Muhammad Ijaz, SIs Yar Muhammad and Aziz Ahmed from Tarnol Police Station arrested nine accused namely Nasrullah, Jamal, Javed Iqbal, Barar Shah, Qaisar Asghar, Jahanzeb, Amjad, Saddam, Tanveer and recovered 4.170 kilogrammes of heroin, 350 gramme hashish and two pistols along with ammunition from their possession. ASI Muhammad Afzal from CIA police arrested a proclaimed offender Waheed. SI Ghulam Mustafa from Industrial Area police arrested two accused Asmat and Saad Khurshid and recovered two pistols from their possession. SI Zafar Iqbal arrested Amir Shahzad and recovered 125 gramme hashish from him. SI Muhammad Ashraf from Sihala police arrested Shah Zaman and recovered 510 gramme of hashish from him. Assistant Sub-Inspector Qasim Zia arrested accused Sayab Bashir involved in selling petroleum products illegally. Shalimar police arrested two accused Usman and Anthony and recovered 150 gramme ice, 100 gramme heroin and 120 gramme hashish from their possession. SI Zafar Iqbal from Industrial Area police arrested Afzal and recovered one wine bottle from him. ASI Raza Muhammad arrested two Zahid Gul and Habib involved in selling illegal sale of petroleum products. SI Muhammad Amjad from Sabzi Mandi Police Station arrested Afzal and recovered 371 grammes heroin from him. SI Umar Hayat arrested Noor and Imran and recovered Kalashnikov and one 30 bore pistol from their possession respectively. ASI Zafar Medhi from Khanna Police Station arrested an accused Qasim and recovered one 30 bore pistol from him. The police confiscated the recovered arms, drugs and after registering separate cases against the detainees at concerned police stations have started investigation. Published in Daily Times, October 29th 2018.