Illegal business: Drug store owner, assistant arrested

They allegedly sold drugs sans licence

ISLAMABAD: Two men allegedly involved in the sale of medicines without a licence were arrested from the premises of a drug court after their bail applications were dismissed.

Judge Khan Raheel Yousafzai dismissed the bail applications and recalled the interim bail of a medical store proprietor, Yousuf Wali, and his assistant, Muhammad Iqbal.

A drug inspector had lodged a case after seizing drugs that were being sold without licence and in the absence of a qualified pharmacist.

The petitioners sought pre-arrest bail on the plea that they had been falsely implicated in the case.

The drug inspector opposed the plea arguing that a huge quantity of drugs and narcotics were seized from the suspects.

The court noticed that substantial quantities of narcotics were being sold without a licence, and that the form had been signed by Wali at the time of the raid at his store.

The court also noted that he petitioner could not justify possession of the medicines for the purpose of sale or distribution.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2016.