5.86kg of hashish seized, 26 arrested

Police arrested 26 accused during a drive against drug pushers and criminals

SARGODHA: Police have arrested 26 accused and seized narcotics and weapons from them during last week. According to police sources, during a drive against drug pushers and criminals, police teams of different police stations conducted raids in various places of their jurisdiction and arrested 26 accused. The police also confiscated 5.86kg of hashish, 485 bottles of liquor, three 30-bore pistols, one 444-bore rifle and three 12-bore guns. The arrested were identified as Muhammad Fayyaz, Muhammad Altaf, Niaz Ahmad, Safdar Abbas, Ghulam Abbas, Ahmad Saeed, Ulfat Abbas, Abid Hussain, Khurram Shahzad, Shafqat Ullah, Noor Muhammad, Shabbir Ahmad, Muhammad Ali, Yousaf, Khalid and others. Police have registered separate cases against them, sources added.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 18^th, 2019.