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Ambulances and prison vans swarmed Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange early Saturday morning, with helicopters and drones circling the site for aerial surveillance, as law enforcement agencies (LEAs) commenced a crackdown against protestors here.

169289_7170725_updates.jpgTwo women ? allegedly part of the protestors ? stand facing the law enforcement agencies during an operation at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_8065739_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 

Riot police ? using water cannons as well as tear gas to disperse the demonstrators ? took dozens into custody in the process.

169289_1244531_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_7125985_updates.jpgA security officer ? wearing a gas mark and armed with a shield ? stands guard as law enforcement agencies conduct an operation at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 

Heavy contingents of police, FC, and Rangers began their operation, with at least 8,000 security officials taking part, including 3,000 FC personnel.

169289_1432839_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_3603912_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 

Several officers of the police and FC were wounded as violent protestors, scarpering helter-skelter, pelted stones and rocks at them. 

169289_9292160_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_8759539_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies ? armed with batons ? detain protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 

The operation is being carried out in light of the court orders.

169289_5008186_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_9737371_updates.jpgLaw enforcement agencies detain a protester at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 

Minutes prior to starting the operation, LEAs removed the barbed wire fences surrounding the sit-in area ? which had been in place for 20 days.

169289_6400167_updates.jpgActivists of a Pakistani religious group throw rocks toward the riot police during a clash in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. AFP/Aamir Qureshi
 
169289_838051_updates.jpgPolice, Rangers, and FC officials conduct an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_5933039_updates.jpgOfficers of the police, Rangers, and FC while conducting an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_5835485_updates.jpgPolice, Rangers, and FC officials conduct an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_4255478_updates.jpgAmbulances arrive at the scene of an operation being carried out by the law enforcement agencies at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_2578441_updates.jpgA security officer stands guard during an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_354359_updates.jpgPolice, Rangers, and FC officials conduct an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_2743763_updates.jpgPolice, Rangers, and FC officials conduct an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
169289_3640682_updates.jpgSecurity officers walk past in a hurry during an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_2636953_updates.jpgOfficers of the police, Rangers, and FC while conducting an operation against protesters at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_2218234_updates.jpgArmoured vehicles and prison vans arrive at the scene of an operation being carried out by the law enforcement agencies at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
 
169289_6643290_updates.jpgA mother and her child pause to watch as law enforcement agencies use tear gas against protestors during an operation at Faizabad Interchange, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 25, 2017. Geo.tv via Geo News
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