KARACHI: An alleged target killer ? reported to belong to Muttahida Quami Movement-London (MQM-L) ? was arrested Saturday night following a raid carried out in the city's Manghopir area, police officials revealed.

The suspect ? who has been identified as Amir (alias Kaala) ? confessed to being part of MQM-L during questioning after his arrest, superintendent of police (SP)-Orangi Abid Ali Baloch stated.

Amir was rounded up from near the border between Sindh and Balochistan, the police official explained, adding that he had earlier vanished somewhere in Sarkan in the westside province.

The detainee ? from whom weapons and contraband were recovered ? was said to have been smuggling drugs from Balochistan to Karachi, Baloch said. He was the party's in-charge for Surjani's Taiser Town area.