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RAWALPINDI: A policeman was arrested on Friday for possessing more than 15 kilogrammes of hashish.
The cop identified as Azhar Sheikh has been booked under charges of drug trafficking, a police spokesman said in a statement.
Rawalpindi police, during its on-going drive against narcotics and anti-social elements, arrested a policeman on Friday allegedly involved in drug-trafficking and recovered a huge quantity of hashish from his possession.
A team of New Town police station headed by SHO Mirza Javed Iqbal intercepted a vehicle and recovered 15.9kg of hashish concealed in different parts of the vehicle and arrested the driver - a policeman identified as Azhar Sheikh. Police have registered a case against the suspect under the relevant clauses of drug trafficking while further investigation was underway, the spokesman said.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2020.
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