KOHAT: The police foiled an attempt of smuggling hashish from tribal area to Punjab and held an inter-provincial smuggler at the Indus Highway toll plaza in Lachi on Saturday.

The police were checking vehicles at the plaza when it stopped a bus coming from Peshawar for search. During checking, the police found three kilogrammes of hashish with a man named Yaqoob Khan, a resident of Khyber Agency.

The accused was shifted to the police station where during preliminary interrogations he admitted to trying to smuggle the consignment to Punjab.

A case was registered against him under the drug act.

Meanwhile, the district police fined more than 5,700 vehicles for violation of motor vehicle ordinance during the ongoing month.

A statement issued from the district police office on Saturday said the police also impounded 538 vehicles, which were driven by underage drivers and without licence.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2018

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