HYDERABAD:
As crimes such as robbery, robbery, theft, vehicle theft and drug trafficking do not let up; Hyderabad police shot dead 28 suspects and injured 150 others in 170 encounters in 2024.
However, it can be said that the fight against narcotics crime remained dismal, as evidenced by the low recovery of drugs such as heroin and ice.
Police spokesperson Awais Rajput on Sunday shared statistics of the year-long police action.
In the outgoing year, Sindh Chief Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, elected from a constituency in Hyderabad, led the action against outlaws involved in the shady business of narcotics.
However, the police could only recover a meager 240 grams of heroin and 1.29 kilograms of ice from the drug dealers, unmistakably reflecting a lack of determination on their part to tackle narcotics trafficking.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson stated that in 2024, 105 large criminal gangs were dismantled, in addition to 194 vehicle thieves, 1,229 street criminals, 132 thieves, 35 mobile thieves, three kidnappers and 5,235 thieves and robbers.
Rajput said the police also arrested 405 absconders and 1,293 absconders, besides 386 suspects who were booked in 394 various cases.
As many as 798 illegal liquor sellers were arrested and booked in 456 cases, while the police also arrested 1,108 mainpuri and gutka manufacturers and sellers and charged them in 788 FIRs. The police also arrested 416 gamblers, booked them in 88 cases and recovered a paltry sum of Rs 588,295 in cash from their possessions.
The small gambling dens apparently went unnoticed by the police, as evidenced by the low recovery over a 12-month period. High rollers deal in amounts ranging from millions to tens of millions. According to the figures shared, in 2024 a total of 11,412 suspects wanted for various crimes were imprisoned.
Sharing the details of the recovery, Rajput informed that 5,221 liters of illegal liquor, 262 bottles of imported and 2,205 local liquor, 742,980 sachets of Indian gutka, 248,861 of mainpuri and 2,475 gunny bags of raw materials from the suspects were also seized from the suspects. mainpuri. .
About 622 kg of hashish, a Kalashnikov, 15 shotguns, 374 pistols, 41 revolvers and thousands of live ammunition were also recovered. Police seized 45 four-wheelers and 185 motorcycles, with a combined value of Rs 39.825 crore, under section 550 of the CrPC. The assets recovered from the suspects this year have been estimated at around Rs 61,744 crore.
