KARACHI: Up to five suspects involved in inter-provincial human smuggling were arrested in a joint operation by the Sindh Rangers and District West Police in the Surjani Town area of Karachi, ARY News reported.
A Rangers spokesperson identified the arrested suspects as Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Bakhsh, Ali Hassan, Nadeem, and Jamil.
The suspects were involved in transporting illegal Afghan nationals from Hub to Karachi and providing them with temporary residence in Hub.
The spokesperson stated that arms, ammunition, drugs, and loader vehicles were recovered from their possession.
To evade arrest, the suspects used unpaved roads through Manghopir, Band Murad, and Surjani Town for transport.
They charged Rs 200,000 per family for transport to Karachi, and initial investigations revealed that the suspects had already smuggled 230 illegal Afghan nationals into the city.
The spokesperson further informed that the suspects used small vehicles and motorcycles to execute the smuggling operations.
Raids are ongoing to arrest additional accomplices of the human smuggling network, the spokesperson added.