Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi district police have arrested six drug dealers and recovered over six kg hashish, said a police spokesman here on Friday.
He informed that Chontra police recovered 1,200 grams of hashish from the possession of an accused namely Tariq while Racecourse police recovered 1,200 grams of hashish from accused Saleem Khan.
Pirwadhai police recovered 1,150 grams of hashish from a drug dealer namely Waleed Sajjad and 1,050 grams of hashish from the possession of a drug peddler, Owais Ali arrested in Kalar Syedan area.
New Town police managed to recover 780 grams of hashish from a drug dealer Javed and Morgah police seized 540 grams of hashish from Hamad Zahid. Separate cases were registered against all the arrested drug dealers.
Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Hafiz Kamran Asghar said that the arrested accused would be challaned with concrete evidence. The SSP said that the drug dealers could not escape the grip of the law.