ISLAMABAD: The Shalimar police arrested two Chinese nationals after recovering huge quantity of liquor from a distillery, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

He said on the directions of SSP (operations) Waqaruddin Syed, a crackdown against drug peddlers was underway.

The police raided a house in F-10 and recovered 2,640 bottles of wine along with tools to produce liquor.

A case has been registered against the arrested persons and further investigation is underway.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2018

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