A thief made off with mobile phones and other items valued at Rs2.8 million from a shop in Karachi’s Saddar mobile market, after changing the shop’s locks shortly before closing time, according to reports.
The brazen robbery was captured on camera, a development that has left traders in the market shaken.
Shop owner unaware as lock swap led to theft
According to the details, the suspect spent some time inside before tampering with the locks, only minutes ahead of the closing hour. Unaware of the change, the shopkeeper secured the premises and went home.
Later, the suspect opened the shutter and escaped with goods worth Rs2.8 million. Trade leader Rizwan Irfan said the theft happened on the night of October 17 and that the thief cleared the shop in just five minutes. A case has been filed at Preedy police station, the report added.
Three sentenced over Islamabad online investment fraud
An Islamabad court has sentenced three accused, one of them a foreign national, to seven years in prison each in an online investment fraud case, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said on Thursday.
In a post on X, the agency said the Islamabad Circle secured the convictions through a thorough investigation and court proceedings. The court also imposed a combined penalty of Rs250,000 on the three convicts.
According to the agency, the group cheated a citizen out of Rs19.391 million by drawing them into an investment scheme run through a bogus app that posed as belonging to a foreign private bank. Sub-Inspector Shehroz Riaz conducted the investigation, the NCCIA said, adding that it would keep pursuing legal action against cybercrime suspects and working to protect the public.
