KARACHI: Charas seized

Published December 17, 2001

KARACHI, Dec 16: A police party of CIA (West) seized 25 kilograms of charas from a passenger coach in Sabzi Mandi area and arrested three persons, including the driver and the conductor of the coach.

The police party, led by DSP Asghar Usman, on a tip-off raided ‘Japan Coach’ that was parked in its garage in the Sabzi Mandi area after arrival from Quetta. On further search, the police recovered 25kg charas brought from Quetta. Zia-ul-Haq, Zahoor Ahmed and Hameed Gul were arrested.—APP

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