Police arrest 230 alleged criminals in Afghanistan’s Samangan province

Afghan Police have rounded up 230 suspected criminals from Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province over the past three months.

The police also discovered 30 pieces of arms from their possessions, a statement of provincial Police Department said on Tuesday.

The arrested individuals were allegedly involved in criminal activities, including theft, robbery, carrying arms illegally and creating law and other problems.

They had been detained during search operations, crackdown on outlaws and routine checking of people in police checkpoints, the statement added.

Police in Samangan province would not allow anyone to undermine security or create law and order problems for the people, the statement asserted.

Similarly, Police in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province had also announced the arrest of 93 people on charges involving criminal activities.

Over the past months they had confiscated arms and ammunitions from their possessions.

The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to crack down on criminal elements to ensure law and order in the war-torn country.

(NAN)