{"id":71675,"date":"2025-04-23T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71675"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:11:15","slug":"rawalpindi-police-bust-two-honey-trap-gangs-african-woman-among-16-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/rawalpindi-police-bust-two-honey-trap-gangs-african-woman-among-16-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi police bust two &#8216;honey trap&#8217; gangs, African woman among 16 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_18 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_18\">\n<p class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Police on Tuesday apprehended 16 individuals, including women and police officials, belonging to two notorious gangs involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-police-nabs-woman-involved-in-honey-trap-kidnappings\/\">honey trap<\/a> extortion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">In a press conference on Tuesday, SSP Operations Rawalpindi Police Kashif Zulfiqar said that Rs750,000 in cash and several illegal weapons were recovered from both gangs.<\/p>\n<p>The first gang, led by Marina Khan, a Pakistani-origin woman from East Africa, and her husband Bilal, was using social media platforms to lure and trap citizens into compromising situations and blackmail them for money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Saddar Barooni Police also arrested gang members Farooq, Tayyab, Kamran, and Abdul Jabbar.<\/p>\n<p>The Police recovered Rs250,000 and unauthorized weapons from Marina Khan&#8217;s possession, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The gang used social media to lure victims, inviting them to private locations. Once the victims arrived, they were robbed at gunpoint,&#8221; SSP Operations added.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Sadiqabad Police apprehended 10 suspects from another gang led by Aftab alias Tabi, which also included some police officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Police have also recovered Rs500,000 and weapons from their custody<\/p>\n<p>The arrested individuals were identified as Aftab, Hamza, Shan, Hajra, Uzma, Mubashir, Raza Abbas, Fazl Abbas, Noman, and Afzal, whereas this gang operated a blackmail racket.<\/p>\n<p>According to SSP Operations, Hajra and others contacted victims via social media, invited them to private meetings, secretly recorded compromising photos and videos, and later blackmailed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This disturbing trend involving women and police personnel is deeply concerning,&#8221; said SSP Zulfiqar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are taking strict departmental and legal action against the involved officers. They will face both judicial proceedings and dismissal from service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Rawalpindi Police have urged the public to remain cautious while interacting on social media and report any suspicious activity.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Police on Tuesday apprehended 16 individuals, including women and police officials, belonging to two notorious gangs involved in honey trap extortion. In a press conference on Tuesday, SSP Operations Rawalpindi Police Kashif Zulfiqar said that Rs750,000 in cash and several illegal weapons were recovered from both gangs. The first gang, led by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":71685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28100,28099],"class_list":["post-71675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-honey-trap-gang","tag-rawalpindi-honey-trap-gangs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71686,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71675\/revisions\/71686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}