ABBOTTABAD: The police arrested three members of an inter-district gang selling narcotics in educational institutions and recovered huge quantity of drugs from them.

According to officials, district police officer Javed Iqbal had formed special teams headed by SP investigations Qamar Hayat, which raided several localities in the surroundings of colleges and universities and arrested two persons with ice and hashish. They said the arrested persons included a proclaimed offender, Abdur Rehman, and his accomplice, Ahmed Ali. They claimed to have recovered 10kg hashish from Rehman’s car and ice from Ali.

The officials said Kala Khan, a resident of Bandi Pullah, was arrested with 5kg hashish and ice.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2020

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