GWADAR: On Tuesday, some twenty armed men broke into a Panjgur district checkpoint, taking five members of the Levies Force hostage. They then stole their official weapons, cell phones, a car, and a motorcycle before fleeing and locking the victims up in a room.
Officials said that around 20 armed men suddenly attacked the Phalabad Levies check-post near Panjgur town and made all the Levies personnel deployed at the post hostage.
The armed men then deprived them of five AK-47 rifles, mobile phones, cash and other valuables and snatched a vehicle and motorbike and fled after locking the Levies personnel in a room.
A heavy contingent of Levies Force after having been informed of the incident, rushed to the check-post and launched an operation in the area to arrest the armed men involved in the incident.
body discovered
In the Panjgur district of Jalali-Hak, a man’s bullet-riddled body was discovered by Levies Force members.
Wasim Ahmed, a native of Nokabad Tusp, Panjgur, was recognized as the man.
The corpse was moved to the district hospital by Levies Force men.
