New Delhi, July 11 -- More than 4,000 alleged criminals were arrested with several contraband items and firearms in their possession by the Southern Range of the Delhi Police in a six-month-long crackdown against organised crime.
"The campaign, titled Crackdown-2025, was initiated in January this year across the South and Southeast districts of the capital," Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range) SK Jain said in a statement.
The officer said that between January 1 and June 30, 4,300 criminals, including robbers, snatchers, drug traffickers, arms dealers, and bootleggers, were nabbed in the southern range. The arrests came with the seizure of 609 stolen mobile phones, 23 pistols, 149 country-made firearms and 241 live cartridges. Al...