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Biggest gold heist in Canada, six people arrested

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5 مہینے ago

اپریل 18, 2024

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Toronto: The Canadian police have arrested six people in the case of stealing 20.1 million Canadian dollars’ worth of gold and 2.7 million Canadian dollars from a busy airport in the country and recovered a large number of weapons.

A year ago, 6,600 gold bars with a total value of over 20 million Canadian dollars were stolen from the cargo lounge at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. It included $20 million worth of pure gold and two and a half million dollars’ worth of foreign currency notes. This robbery was done in the style of Netflix’s famous web series ‘Gold Heist’.

The US authorities also supported the Canadian authorities in the investigation and operations related to this incident. One person was arrested in America and three warrants covering both countries were issued after 19 charges were laid.

According to Toronto local police, the suspects include a former and current employee of an airline.

The gold thieves gained access to the gold consignment by showing a voucher used to purchase seafood the day before. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Dorepa said that the incident was done purely in a filmy way, just like we used to joke with each other.

The accused include Prampal Sidhu, Simran Preet, King Michelin, Prasad Pramalingam, Amit Jalota, Imad Chaudhry, Ali Raza, Archit Grover and Arsalan Chaudhry. Apart from this, it also includes those who buy stolen gold.

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Three terrorists killed in exchange of fire with CTD

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2 دن ago

ستمبر 18, 2024

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Lahore: Lahore was saved from a major disaster as three terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire between the personnel of the Counter Terrorism Force (CTD) and the terrorists.

According to the spokesperson, CTD conducted an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) near Nankana Sahib Interchange, during which, the terrorists opened fire on the team of CTD. In the exchange of fire, three terrorists were killed by their accomplices while two escaped.

Officials said that three hand grenades, three detonators, safety fuse wire, two rifles, bullets and explosives were recovered from the terrorists.

According to the spokesperson, the search operation is going on to arrest the escaped terrorists. The CTD teams have blockaded the Nankana Motorway interchange. The process of identifying the dead terrorists is going on.

According to CTD officials, the terrorists had completed planning a major attack on Lahore.

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Haleem Adil Sheikh’s driver killed by unidentified assailants

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2 دن ago

ستمبر 18, 2024

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Karachi: The driver of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Haleem Adil Sheikh was gunned down near Super Highway Chakar Hotel Akakhel ground.

According to rescue officials, the person killed in the firing was identified as 45-year-old Shah Nawaz. His body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal proceedings.

According to the police, the deceased Shah Nawaz was the driver of PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh and a resident of Jangal Goth.

Police suspected that the deceased was killed by unknown armed suspects at another location and escaped by dumping the body near Super Highway Chakar Hotel Akkahel ground.

According to the police, the deceased was killed by two shots on the body and the incident is being further investigated.

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Relatives kill four over family dispute in Gujranwala

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4 دن ago

ستمبر 16, 2024

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Gujranwala: Four people were killed by a shooting over a family dispute in Gujranwala.

According to the police, a firing incident took place in the Iqbal Town area of Gujranwala due to a family dispute in which four people were killed by entering the house.

According to the police, the four persons were sleeping in the house when the opponents opened fire on them, as a result of which two brothers and two cousins died on the spot.

The police stated that the accused included a brother and uncle’s son of the deceased. The parties were at loggerheads for a long time while further investigations into the incident were underway.

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Two Khawarij terrorists killed in CTD operation

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7 دن ago

ستمبر 13, 2024

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Lahore: Acting on a tip-off, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Dera Ghazi Khan Quetta Road in Lahore killed two terrorists of Fitnah Al-Khawarij.

According to CTD spokesman, during the operation, both Khawarij were killed by their comrades while two terrorists escaped.

The spokesperson of CTD said that hand grenades and explosive materials were also recovered from the hideout of the terrorists.

According to the spokesman, a search operation is underway to arrest the escaped terrorists.