About 2,159 rounds of different weapons were also seized from the suspect?s possession. Photo: Geo News screen grab

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KARACHI: Rangers arrested three suspects and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition after an operation in a house in Karachi?s Rizvia Society on Monday.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Azam Abbas, Amir Abbas and Asif, according to Pakistan Rangers Sindh spokesperson. The suspects were involved in illegal trade of weapons.

The suspects then helped police locate the house, where a cache of weapons was present.

About 2,159 rounds of different weapons were also seized from the suspect?s possession. Photo: Geo News screen grab

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The recovered weapons include G3 rifle, four small machine guns (SMGs), two 7mm rifles, M4 rifles, .22 rifle, .22 pistol, six 9mm pistols, five 12 bore pistols, four 30 bore, a 32 bore pistol and a 38 bore pistol.

Moreover, about 2,159 rounds of different weapons were also seized from the suspect?s possession. 

'Karachi operation yielded positive results'

The Director-General (DG) Rangers Major General Muhammad Saeed on Tuesday said that the Karachi operation has yielded noticeably positive results.

Karachi operation has yielded positive results: DG Rangers

'We are taking every possible measure to improve the peace and security situation'

"Positive results of the operation are noticeable from the improved peace situation of the metropolis," Major General Saeed said during a visit to Bahria University?s Karachi campus.

?We are taking every possible measure to improve the peace and security situation,? he said, adding that the operation will continue till its objectives are achieved.

The Ministry of Interior in October this year issued a notification calling for a 90-day extension in the Ranger's operation in Karachi on the request of the Government of Sindh.

The extension was granted under clause 1, sub-section 3, of section 4 of the Anti-terrorism Act 1997(XXVII of 1997) and stood effective from October 18.

The paramilitary force was granted certain special powers including arrests and raids when the Karachi operation started back in 2011.

Under the National Action Plan and the Anti-Terrorism Act, the federal cabinet granted special powers to the Rangers to lead a targeted joint operation with the police against criminals involved in targeted killings, kidnappings for ransom, extortion, and terrorism in Karachi. The operation was launched in September 2013 in Karachi.