Overview
- An intelligence-led raid in Lyari captured Muhammad Ismail, known as Tamba Ali, identified as a key operative of the Wasiullah Lakho faction.
- Weapons and ammunition were recovered during the Rangers operation, and the suspect was handed to police for legal proceedings.
- Rangers said the detainee confessed during interrogation to involvement in more than 11 murders or attempts and over 50 robberies, as well as kidnappings, drug trafficking and extortion.
- Investigators reported he is a proclaimed offender with prior arrests in 2020 and 2023 who absconded after release on bail.
- In a separate North Karachi raid, SIU and CIA police arrested three suspects accused of posing as real-estate agents to extort clients, seizing three 9mm pistols as probes track foreign numbers and JazzCash payments.