KARACHI: With rising incidents of street crime, Additional Inspector-General (AIG) Javed Alam Odho announced to launch Shaheen Force with exclusive duty of preventing street crime. Motorbike-mounted Shaheen Force will patrol markets and public places to keep an eye on muggers. Sharpshooters are also included in Shaheen Force. Main purpose to launch new force is to curb increasing street crimes in metropolitan city.

Force will chase muggers and fight them, AIG Odho said. Officers in force will be equipped with modern weapons and radios to immediately respond to situations as per directions received from control room. AIG said Shaheen Force will be seen patrolling streets of city within 2 days. Earlier in day, police claimed to have apprehended an accomplice of a street criminal who was filmed by a citizen robbing a citizen and later identified through his social media profile.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 06 2022

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