KARACHI: Five suspects, including drug dealers and street criminals, were arrested during an operation in Nazimabad early Thursday night, police said.

Suspects ? identified as Waleed Iqbal, Hasan (nicknamed Mama), Shamroz, Rasheed, and Jan Mohammad ? were part of the Asad Pathan Group in Lyari Gang War, security officials said, adding that weapons, contraband, and a motorcycle stolen from North Karachi were recovered.

Police mentioned that Waleed Iqbal, the street criminal, has been involved in various crimes.

During another operation in PIB?s Karnal Basti, two suspects were arrested, while weapons and contraband were taken into custody from them, police stated.

SP Gulshan Ghulam Murtaza revealed that the suspects ? identified as the fugitive Bakhtiar Ali (nicknamed Bakhti) and Shah Dil ? were part of notorious drug dealing group Darvesh.

Of the two, the former was wanted for several heinous crimes, Murtaza explained and is involved in 18 different cases in PIB Police Station.

Various other operations were carried out in Lyari?s Chakiwara, Sangu Lane, and Vichani areas, consequent to which gang war suspect Abdul Aziz Baloch was taken into custody.

Baloch, who was part of Bahadur PMT Group, was arrested after an alleged encounter, police said, adding that they recovered contraband from him. However, the suspects' accomplices ? Yousuf Pathan, Rehan Pathan, and Bilal Sindhi ? managed to escape.