Police arrest drug peddler, recovers 6 kg hashish

Hafiz Muhammad Aziz-ur-Rehman

HAFIZABAD: A drug smuggler was nabbed by the Pindi Bhattian Police when he was attempting to smuggle 6,200 grams chars in the district. The Pindi Bhattian Police intercepted a suspicious car No. TR-22 on Pindi Bhattian-Chiniot Road and during search recovered the contraband hidden under the seats of the vehicle. The police have arrested Kamran Sheikh, impounded the vehicle and registered a case against him under the Anti-Narcotic Act against him.

Meanwhile, the Pindi Bhattian Police have smashed a notorious gang of kidnappers for extracting ransom and have arrested its six members including the ring leader, Kamran alias Kami from Sargodha. According to DPO Dr. Sardar Ghias Gull, the armed abductors led by Kamran alias Kami raided a roadside restaurant near Kheru Mutmal on two vehicles about a week ago and bundled Ahsan Ullah, Farman Ullah and Sadeen Shah in the vehicles.

Later, the accused demanded Rs. five lakh as ransom for the release of the abductees. The dependants of the abductees informed the police which raided the hide-out of the accused in Sargodha and dramatically arrested the ring leader of the gang Kami, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Arif, Khalid Hussain, Mudassar Nawaz and Muhammad Fiaz and recovered the cash, firearms and abductees safely. The police have also impounded the vehicles used in the crime.

The DPO further said that the city police have also arrested a 4-member gang of swindlers, who used to deprive simple villagers by using different tactics of their cash, soon after they encash the amount from different banks. The police have recovered Rs. eleven lakh and arrested the gang ring leader Zafar Iqbal alias Zaffri, Liaqat Ali, Muhallah Afzal, Mehar Muhammad. Later, the DPO returned the cash recovered from the accused to the victims.