Under the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, crackdown continued against the hoarders and profiteers of Sugar. A special team seized 4,000 bags of sugar from a godown of a trader in Multan while DCO Bahawalnagar raided a big warehouse and seized more than 0.6 million bags of sugar.
Police also took the staff of the warehouse in its custody, however, the owners could not be apprehended. In another incident police have taken into custody at least 2,400 sacks of sugar stashed at a godown of a factory and arrested five men involved in the hoarding scam, police said. Executive District Officer (Revenue) City Mir Mursal received a tip-off that thousands tonnes of sugar have been hived up at a factory godown in an area of Faisalabad.
Receiving the tip-off, Police raided the factory godown; the factory guard opened fire on the police and tried to flee the scene. However, police arrested him along with four others and took in custody the 2,400 sacks of sugar. Similarly, more than 1000 bags were seized in Pakpattan, said Commissioner Multan Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi here on Friday.
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