ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police on Saturday conducted grand and targeted search operation against criminal elements and arrested nine drug pushers, three outlaws and 22 suspects besides recovery of 8.810-kilogramme hashish and 2210-gram heroin from them. Following directions of State Minister for Interior Affairs Shehryar Afridi and Islamabad Police chief Jan Muhammad, Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Syed Mohammad Amin Bukhari constituted special teams for the effective crackdown against criminal elements. Police teams nabbed nine drug pushers and recovered the cache of narcotics from them. A total of 1350 gram hashish was recovered from Sher Muhammad alias Shera, 1210 gram hashish from Danish, 1120 gram hashish from Khalid Mehmud, 1320 gram hashish from Naveed Butt, 1280 gram hashish from Altaf, 1190 gram hashish from Owais, 1320 gram hashish from Ejaz Buttt, 210 gram heroin from Irshad Bibi, one dagger from Ehtesham and two iron punches from Zahoor. SSP Islamabad Syed Mohammad Amin Buukhari has directed all Station House Officers for the effective crackdown against those involvement in drug peddling activities.

Source: Pakistan Today September 29, 2018 15:56 UTC