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RAWALPINDI, Jul 25 (APP):The Rawalpindi Police have continued the crackdown against professional beggars across the city and arrested some 117 professional beggars in last 12 days.
The crackdown launched on the instructions of City Police Officer Syed Khalid Hamdani to make the city free of the beggars, a police spokesman said on Friday.
He said special squads formed for the purpose were maintaining strict surveillance to prevent begging on busy roads and highways.
Most of the professional beggars, the spokesman added, were also involved in theft, drug trafficking and other crimes.