23 drug suppliers arrested

Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Police on Monday continued the crackdown against drug and liquor suppliers arresting 23 accused including a lady drug peddler, with over 3.5 kilograms ice, over 30kg hashish and 480 litres of alcohol.

According to the police spokesman, the Naseerabad Police nabbed seven drug peddlers recovering more than 3.5 kg ice from them. During investigations, the accused revealed supplying ice to students of educational institutions.

The accused Pervez was held with 1.8kg ice, Matlub alias Tooba and Nasir with 1.6kg ice each, Ali Naseem with 120 grams ice, Wazir with 105 grams ice, Salahuddin with 55 grams ice, and Usman with 30 grams ice.

The Naseerabad Police also netted accused Naveed Hashish with 1.48kg charas. The Cantt Police recovered 5.5kg charas from accused Nandim and the Wah Cantt Police nabbed accused Tariq with 2.18kg of the contraband item from accused Tariq. The Racecourse Police caught four accused Asia Zeeshan, Abdul Khomein and Arshad with 2.35kg, 2.2kg, 1.2kg and 1.3kg charas respectively.

The Pirwadhai and Wah Saddar Police recovered 1.86kg and 1.8kg charas accused Tariq and Kamran respectively. The Waris Khan Police also captured two accused Anwar Hussain and Khurram Shahzad recovering 1.68 kg and 1.52 kg charas respectively. The New Town Police also held two accused Rafiq and Shahid with 1.62kg and 1.56kg charas respectively. —