Smuggling Drugs: Pakistani arrested in Czech Republic
He is charged with selling prohibited potency drugs online to US and Europe.
KARACHI:
A Karachi-based drug dealer involved in the smuggling of prohibited potency drugs has been arrested in the Czech Republic.
The drugs are said to be made in Pakistan and used at night clubs in Europe and the US. The arrest was a culmination of months-long joint effort and monitoring by intelligence agencies of several countries.
The US authorities had sought help from the Pakistani authorities and law enforcement agencies to bust the network involved in the production of libido-enhancing medicines in Pakistan and their smuggling to the US and Europe.
Sheeraz Malik, a Pakistani settled in Poland, was arrested by authorities as he arrived at Prague from Dubai. He was a frequent traveller between Pakistan, Dubai and Poland.
According to sources, he had been receiving orders of banned medicines from Europe and USA on the website of Shama Medical Store. The orders were sent to customers through mail in the guise of food items. According to sources, Sheeraz’s network has the capacity of processing orders of up to one lakh doses per week. He is also said to be involved in smuggling of heroin. According to the sources, the US intelligence agents had been chasing the network since 2008 and had coordinated with the secret outfits of other countries in the hunt. They had also placed orders of these drugs with Sheeraz who supplied them regularly.
Among the drugs supplied by the man include Ephedrine, Ecstasy or DMA, Steroids, Aprazolam, Lidocaine, Ketamine, Benzylpiperazine, and Oxycodon.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2012.
A Karachi-based drug dealer involved in the smuggling of prohibited potency drugs has been arrested in the Czech Republic.
The drugs are said to be made in Pakistan and used at night clubs in Europe and the US. The arrest was a culmination of months-long joint effort and monitoring by intelligence agencies of several countries.
The US authorities had sought help from the Pakistani authorities and law enforcement agencies to bust the network involved in the production of libido-enhancing medicines in Pakistan and their smuggling to the US and Europe.
Sheeraz Malik, a Pakistani settled in Poland, was arrested by authorities as he arrived at Prague from Dubai. He was a frequent traveller between Pakistan, Dubai and Poland.
According to sources, he had been receiving orders of banned medicines from Europe and USA on the website of Shama Medical Store. The orders were sent to customers through mail in the guise of food items. According to sources, Sheeraz’s network has the capacity of processing orders of up to one lakh doses per week. He is also said to be involved in smuggling of heroin. According to the sources, the US intelligence agents had been chasing the network since 2008 and had coordinated with the secret outfits of other countries in the hunt. They had also placed orders of these drugs with Sheeraz who supplied them regularly.
Among the drugs supplied by the man include Ephedrine, Ecstasy or DMA, Steroids, Aprazolam, Lidocaine, Ketamine, Benzylpiperazine, and Oxycodon.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2012.