Police seize 40kg heroin
This is second incident of target killing in three days. PHOTO: REUTERS
Police claimed to have foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to southern parts of the country by recovering 40 kilogrammes of heroin from a car during routine checking.
Saddar SP Sarfaraz Ahmed Virk, on a tip off, constituted a special team under supervision of Saddar DSP Sajjad Haider Bukhari for special checking in the area.
The team including Station House Officer of Tarnol police station Inspector Muhammad Rasheed, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Khan Marwat and others cordoned off area near old Toll Plaza on motorway and started checking. A car (LEA-5437) was intercepted by the police team but its driver tried to speed away. Police chased the car following which it met with accident and police succeeded to overpower the driver of the car.
Upon searching the vehicle, the police team recovered 40 kilogramme of heroin from it while the driver identified as Saeed Gul confessed to smuggling drugs from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to Islamabad and various districts of Punjab.
Case has been registered against the suspect and further investigation is underway from him to arrest those involve with him in this crime.
Islamabad IGP Aamir Zulfiqar and Operations DIG Waqaruddin Syed have appreciated overall performance of police team and announced special prizes and commendation certificates for its members.
They also directed all police officials to intensify vigilance and curb activities of anti-social elements.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2020.