Drug dealer killed in exchange of fire with Dera police

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A drug dealer was killed during an exchange of fire with the police here on Saturday.

A police spokesman said on a tip-off a team of the cantonment police led by DSP Hafiz Mohammad Adnan and SHO Gulsher Khan raided the house of notorious drug dealer, Anwar Mehsud, in Dinpur area. However, he said the peddler opened fire on the police party, leading to an exchange of fire, in which he was killed.

He said the police also recovered 1.35 kilogrammes of hashish, 170 grams of ice drug, a pistol and two cartridges from the house.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2023

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