LAHORE, July 14: The Special Anti-Narcotics Force Court on Monday handed down death sentence to an alleged international drug-smuggler Haji Ayub Afridi and his two accomplices.

The court also fined the three accused with Rs one million each and they will undergo another three years in imprisonment in case of non-payment. Besides Mr Afridi, the two other accomplices are identified by the ANF as Seemab Khan and Aalamzeb Khan.

The court said two of their more accomplices, Karam Ali Khan and Armat Khan, were awarded life term with Rs 300,000 fine to each of them. They will have to spend another two years in jail if they do not pay the fine money.

The five men were arrested by the ANF in a raid at Thokhar Niaz Baig, Lahore on Dec 3, 2001. The ANF had seized 4001kgs of hashish hidden in an oil-tanker and a car.