BADIN: Badin police seized a truck laden with gutka raw materials worth over Rs10 million here the other day and arrested its driver while his two accomplices managed to flee.

Police officials said that Badin police station’s SHO Inspector Ghulam Mustafa Aqeelani, along with ASI Liaquat Ali Dilwani, set up a checkpoint near Badin–Karachi bypass after receiving a tip-off about the truck.

The SHO said that police signaled the 10-wheeler truck (No.TAT-192) coming from Balochistan to stop and found during its search a large quantity of betel nut powder packed in 142 cement bags, each weighing 2,556 kilograms, and 1,100 packets of gutka.

Police officials said the raw material had been smuggled from Lasbela, Balochistan, and was intended for delivery to a major buyer in Sindh. However, police authorities refrained from disclosing identity of the influential purchaser, citing “ongoing investigation” as the reason.jaldi khatam karo

Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2025