Two inmates escape from Levies lock-up

LANDIKOTAL: Two prisoners escaped from the heavily-guarded Levies Lockup in Shahkas area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency, official sources said.
The sources said that the two prisoners, who were under trial, mysteriously escaped from the lockup situated in the Khyber Agency’s Levies headquarters in Shahkas.The escapees were identified as Shah Jee, a resident of Qambarkhel area in Bara tehsil and Bilal, a resident of Mansehra district.
When contacted, officials said that one of the two persons was a drug addict and the other was arrested in connection with a fraud case.They said that investigation had been launched after suspending some Khassadars and Levies personnel for negligence. Meanwhile, the Khassadars recovered 67 kilograms of hashish from a warehouse in Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud and arrested four men.