‘Drug dealer’ held

Published June 13, 2021

KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh and police in a joint intelligence-based operation conducted in Baloch Para, Jahangir Road, arrested a “notorious drug dealer”, Shahnawaz Baloch alias Shano, and recovered 300 grams of ice and a pistol along with rounds from his possession.

The accused was involved in large-scale drug trafficking of ice, heroin and hashish.

He used to buy drugs from Hub, Balochistan and used to sell the narcotics in the Gurumandir, Lasbela, PIB Colony and Jamshed Road areas of the city. The suspect’s drug sales totalled around Rs0.5 million per month.­­

Published in Dawn, June 13th, 2021

Opinion

Editorial

By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...
Not without reform
Updated 22 Apr, 2024

Not without reform

The problem with us is that our ruling elite is still trying to find a way around the tough reforms that will hit their privileges.
Raisi’s visit
22 Apr, 2024

Raisi’s visit

IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raisi, who begins his three-day trip to Pakistan today, will be visiting the country ...
Janus-faced
22 Apr, 2024

Janus-faced

THE US has done it again. While officially insisting it is committed to a peaceful resolution to the...