GUJRAT: The Gujrat police have arrested 448 illegal Afghan immigrants and registered cases against 98 under the Foreign Act.
District police officer Tariq Abbas Quereshi said that the police launched a search operation on Wednesday to collect the details of the Afghan refugees residing illegally in the Gujrat district.
The police arrested 448 Afghan as they failed to show their identity or refugee cards.
The DPO said that the department has registered cases against 98 under the Foreign Act. The sources said that the police launched the search operation following the arrest of three suspected suicide bombers from Jehlum district last week.
One was arrested from Bilal Town area, which is some four kilometres away from the district government offices, while two from Tehsil Dina, some eight kilometres away from the Tehsil Jehlum.
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