Karachi mugger makes Rs200,000 monthly through street crime

A mugger arrested in Karachi’s Nazimabad area confessed to being involved in multiple robberies, revealing that he earned between Rs100,000 and Rs200,000 per month through criminal activity.

A video circulating on social media showed the serial robber admitting that he had been committing robberies for the past four years, and had done between 300 and 400 snatchings during that period.

The suspect, identified as Yasir, son of Akmal, had been posing as an employee at a factory to give the impression of holding a legitimate job.

“I worked in a factory just to show people I had a job, but I only went there to pass the time, not to work,” he stated.

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In his confession, Yasir revealed that he, along with four accomplices, used to rob citizens in Nazimabad, adding that they carried out “at least four to five robberies per week.”

“I earn Rs100,000 to 200,000 per month through robberies,” he said.

He revealed that he was caught only once during his four years of criminal activity.

Notably, the data shared by the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) recorded at least 16,977 incidents of street crime in Karachi during the first three months of 2025.

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The offences include the santchings of 4,298 mobile phones, 11,982 motorcycles, and theft of 537 cars between January 1 and March 31.  

Other major crimes reported in the city during the same period included four instances of kidnapping and 24 cases of extortion.

The CPLC report also revelaed the death toll of these crimes, with 132 individuals losing their lives in various incidents, including 26 deaths that occurred while resisting robbery.