RAWALPINDI: More than 45 incidents of street crime were reported on Saturday as people were deprived of 14 motorcycles, two cars, 17 mobile phones, gold ornaments and cash.

Noman Mustakeem, a shopkeeper in Imtiaz Market, Naseerabad complained to the police that two gunmen came to his shop and snatched cash and his mobile phone and escaped.

In a similar incident a shopkeeper Khawaja Shah Nawaz reported to the police that two armed men entered his shop in Model Town and demanded cash. On refusal, they fired a gunshot which left his friend injured.

However, the robbers fled while the injured was shifted to hospital.

Tahir Mehmood, a resident of Range Road, lost his car parked outside his house, while Zafar Khan`s car was stolen from outside his house in Wah Cantt.

Junaid Abbas`s rickshaw was lif ted from Sadigabad.

Junaid Arshad, a resident of Jatli along with his uncle Bilal was on their way to attend a funeral when they were intercepted by two persons who came on a and snatched two mobile phones and cash at gunpoint and fled.

In Naseerabad, some unidentified burglars broke into the house of Niaz Bibi in the absence of her f amily and escaped with Rs150,000 and gold ornaments worth Rs250,000 and a sewing machine.

Ishtiaq Ahmed was robbed of his mobile phone and cash by two gunmen in the Commercial Market, Satellite Town.

Hassan Rashid, Haq Nawaz, Irfan Arif, Amir Ijaz, Sardar Ali, Asif Masih, Mohammad Shoaib, Waja Nawaz Alvi, Zakaur Rehman, Mehtab Munir, Qasim Ali, Haq Nawaz and Faizan Hussain were deprived of their motorcycles.

According to police statistics, as many as 784 motorcycles have been stolen and 55 snatched at gunpoint from their owners so far this year compared to the 672 stolen and 42 snatched at gunpoint in the same period in 2021.