KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) detained at least 20 suspects in a combing operation around Central Jail in the early hours of Thursday.
According to media reports, 200 personnel from six stations of
Gulshan town police took part in the operation on a tip-off about the presence of criminal groups in the area. The police also
blocked the entry and exit points of the area.
Police al
so said that biometric
devices were used during the operation in Ghosia Colony.
Gulshan SP Dr Fahad informed media that the identity of the suspects apprehended was being matched from the biometric
devices. He added a foreign national was arrested by the officials.
He said, “A Tunisian national, Ayub Ali, was arrested for illegally residing in the country.”
The operation comes just after the Pakistan Army announced
on Wednesday the start of a nationwide military operation, Radd-ul-Fasaad, which would include broad-spectrum security and counter-terrorism operations in Punjab, and continuation of ongoing operations across the country.
