FIA arrests two suspects from Karachi's Defence area

Suspects held for illegally manufacturing pharmaceutical raw material


Correspondent May 14, 2017
Suspects held for illegally manufacturing pharmaceutical raw material. PHOTO: Reuters

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency [FIA], in collaboration with the provincial drug officials, arrested on Saturday two suspects for illegally manufacturing pharmaceutical raw material.

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The FIA spokesperson said that an inquiry was initiated following a complaint by Zakir Hussain Samoo that a huge quantity of pharmaceutical raw material has been stocked for the purpose of manufacture and sale without any legal authority at an office in Phase II, Defence Housing Authority.

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A team of FIA officers conducted the raid, along with the provincial drug inspector, at the premises of the office and arrested two suspects, Muhammad Raza and Muhammad Haris, sons of Muhammad Naqi.
A huge quantity of pharmaceutical raw material was also recovered, the spokesperson said.

The recovered drugs and raw material were seized by the drug inspector and samples were also drawn for lab testing. A case was registered against suspects Raza and Haris, the spokesperson added.

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