The district police on Friday arrested at least five suspected gamblers and recovered Rs10,320 stake money, five mobile phones, and other valuables from their possession. According to the press release issued by the CPO office, the Civil Lines police, on a tip=off, conducted a raid and arrested Imran, Bashir, Nadeem, Ali Ahmed, and Abdul Rehman, who were allegedly involved in betting while playing cards.
A case has been registered against them while further investigation was under process till the filing of this report. Superintendent of Police (Potohar) said that gambling is the root cause of other evils and those involved in such crimes do not deserve any concession.
