17 arrested with drugs, arms in Mardan

MARDAN: The district police arrested 17 persons and recovered drugs and weapons from their possession on Monday.

A spokesman for Mardan Police said that following the directives of District Police Officer Zahoor Babar Afridi, the police raided Garhi Kapura area and arrested seven suspects. They seized one shotgun, one pistol, and 14 cartridges from the arrestees.

In a separate raid, the police arrested two drug traffickers in Saddar Police Station and also recovered crystal meth (ice drug).Separate cases were registered against the arrestees in the police stations.In the City Police Station limits, the cops arrested eight alleged land grabbers and seized five Kalashnikovs from them too.