Life imprisonment: Drug peddler sentenced
Malik Mohsin was found guilty of peddling a large cache of drugs
KARACHI:
A special court for the control of narcotics substances (CNS) sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him of drug trafficking on Thursday. Malik Mohsin was found guilty of peddling a large cache of drugs. According to the prosecution, 10 kilogramme (kg) opium and two kg charas were seized from his possession when an anti-narcotics team of law enforcers raided an intercity bus terminal on the Northern Bypass in December 2012. The trial has been on-going for more than two years and eventually, after scrutinising the evidence, the CNS court I judge sentenced him to 25 years. The convict was also ordered to pay Rs36,000 as fine. If he fails to pay, he will serve another six months in prison.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2015.
A special court for the control of narcotics substances (CNS) sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him of drug trafficking on Thursday. Malik Mohsin was found guilty of peddling a large cache of drugs. According to the prosecution, 10 kilogramme (kg) opium and two kg charas were seized from his possession when an anti-narcotics team of law enforcers raided an intercity bus terminal on the Northern Bypass in December 2012. The trial has been on-going for more than two years and eventually, after scrutinising the evidence, the CNS court I judge sentenced him to 25 years. The convict was also ordered to pay Rs36,000 as fine. If he fails to pay, he will serve another six months in prison.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2015.