KARACHI: Police set ablaze drug dens of gangsters at Pak Colony during a search operation.

All of the criminals fled the site, police said.

According to the police Bilal alias Pappu, Jabir Baloch, and Haji Kashif were running drug dens. Scores of drug addicts visited the site daily, police added.

The accused had taken charge of the drug den after local gangster Riyasat Baloch was arrested by security forces.