{
  "id": 1620190,
  "title": "Punjab Police arrest over 109,000 POs across province this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/punjab-police-arrest-over-109-000-pos-across-province-this-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:16:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1539832/punjab-police-arrest-over-109000-pos-across-province-this-year/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Punjab Police have arrested over 109,000 proclaimed offenders across the province this year. They have also apprehended more than 33,000 court absconders and nearly 12,000 habitual criminals.\n\nThe arrested proclaimed offenders included 27,820 individuals, according to a Punjab Police spokesperson, as reported by Daily Times.\n\nIn a separate incident, the Upper East Regional Police Command in Ghana arrested 14 persons for their alleged involvement in the cultivation and distribution of narcotic plants, as reported by MyJoyOnline Ghana.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Police arrest 14 suspected narcotic plant farmers at Daliga",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/police-arrest-14-suspected-narcotic-plant-farmers-at-daliga",
        "published": "2026-08-18T02:05:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}