Two arrested in connection with year’s biggest robbery
Karachi
April 9, 2021
Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two men, including a key suspect, in connection with the April 5 robbery in which prize bonds worth Rs30 million were looted from a builder’s dispatch rider on Jamshed Road in Karachi.
The men were arrested by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Karachi police’s Criminal Investigation Agency with the help of CCTV camera footage. Police said the suspects had been trying to leave the city, adding that prize bonds worth Rs25 million were also recovered from their possession.
The arrested men have been identified as Naveed Ahmed and Farhan Ahmed Hashmi. SIU chief SSP Haider Raza said Ahmed was the ringleader of the gang that comprised Arman, alias Nomi, Aqeel, Ayan, Naushad, Ovais, Fazal, Ali and Rehan — all of whom were involved in the robbery.