Sukkur raid seizes fireworks worth lakhs, three detained
The joint operation by police and intelligence agencies in Old Sukkur followed a Diwali function fire at a Pakistan Club wedding hall that injured two people.
Police and intelligence agencies seized a heavy stock of fireworks worth several lakh rupees and took three people into custody in a joint raid in Old Sukkur, Express News reported.
The operation was carried out in the limits of the C Section police station on a tip-off, according to the outlet. Police put the value of the recovered material at lakhs of rupees and said further investigation and legal proceedings were continuing. The three people taken into custody were not named.
The raid came a day after a fire at a wedding hall in the city. Express News reported that fireworks set off during a Diwali function at the Pakistan Club hall on Sukkur City Bypass started a blaze that burnt furniture, decoration and other valuable goods, and left two people injured.
Sources told the outlet that the raid was part of the steps begun against fireworks stock after the Pakistan Club fire.
The report did not name the agency that led the operation, say where the fireworks had been stored before the seizure, or set out the charges the three detained people could face. It gave no exact figure for the quantity or value of the material, and did not say whether the seized stock had any link to the Pakistan Club function.
Express News's headline said three people had been arrested, while the report itself said they had been taken into custody. The report gave no case number and named no investigating officer.
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