Four robbers have been killed during a police encounter in the Meera Kachori Mehr Gul Kallay area of Peshawar, reports confirmed on Friday.
According to reports, a team reached the area after receiving reports of the robbers’ presence. The suspects opened fire on the police, who retaliated, killing all four members of the gang.
Police said the slain robbers had been committing crimes while wearing police uniforms since 2003. The gang was involved in several major robberies, including looting millions of rupees and jewellery from a doctor’s house.
SSP Operations Peshawar Masood Ahmad Bangash confirmed the identities of the four dead robbers, stating that three of them were Afghan nationals.
He said the gang was wanted by police in Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Nowshera, and other districts. The robbers were involved in two major incidents in recent weeks.
Police recovered Kalashnikovs, a rifle, two pistols, and motorcycles from their possession.