PUL-E-KHUMRI: Two Pakistani citizens have been arrested on charges of robbery in Baghlan province, the province’s police command said in a statement.
According to Baghlan police, the individuals, including one woman, were apprehended in Pul-e-Khumri on charges of “chain theft” from jewelry stores in several provinces.
The statement stated that the arrested individuals had stolen jewelry from shops in Kabul, Parwan, and Baghlan over the past three days.
Baghlan police reported that they had stolen jewelry valued at $6,000 from Kabul, jewelry worth 150,000 Afghanis from a jeweler in Parwan, and $300 from a currency exchange in Pul-e-Khumri.
The statement noted that some of the stolen gold and money had been recovered, and efforts to discover remaining stolen items and identify possible accomplices are ongoing.
According to the police chief of the first police district in Pul-e-Khumri, Mullah Abdul Waqil Ahmadi, the arrested individuals have confessed to their crimes during preliminary investigations.
He added that these two Pakistani citizens had previously engaged in chain thefts in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, China, Thailand, Iran, Dubai, Oman, and France.
It is noteworthy that police forces are working tirelessly to prevent any criminal activities in the country.