TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad city police officer (CPO) on Monday suspended four policemen from service, including a station house officer, and dismissed another, after the Narcotics Control Force (NCF) Faisalabad team arrested a police constable red-handed, allegedly while supplying hashish to a drug dealer in the official vehicle of the SHO.
Official sources say that the NCF got a tip-off that the suspect, Constable Kashif, posted at Gulberg police station, Faisalabad, was bringing five kilogram hashish to hand it over to a local drug seller, using the SHO’s official vehicle.
As soon as he arrived at the identified spot, an NCF team, already deployed there, nabbed the suspect and recovered five packets, each containing one kilogram hashish, from the vehicle.
The sources say that the NCF team also impounded the official vehicle being used for drug supply.
Meanwhile, a police press release says that City Police Officer (CPO) Tanweer Hussain Tanvio has taken serious notice of the incident and appointed operations wing Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malik Imran as inquiry officer.
CPO dismisses main suspect
In the light of the initial inquiry, the CPO dismissed constable Kashif from service, with immediate effect, besides suspending Gulberg police SHO Abdul Ghaffar, ASI Suhail Ahmad, Muharrar Tasneem Ahmad and another constable, Mahboob Ali, for their alleged involvement in the drug supply and sale.
RAPE SUSPECT HELD: A man allegedly involved in raping and harassing minor girls, and making their obscene videos, has been arrested on Saturday night in an injured condition following a police “encounter” in Faisalabad.
Police sources say Roshanwala police SHO Rai Shahid Mahmood, along with a team, raided a premises at Chak 224 RB, Waseeran, to arrest the suspect, Arif Hussain, who was facing allegations of raping and harassing minor girls, and making their obscene videos.
On seeing the police team, the suspect and his accomplices opened fire on the policemen, who retaliated in self-defence, the sources say.
When the crossfire stopped, the police found Arif in an injured condition. The police claimed he was injured in the firing by his own accomplices.
He was arrested and shifted to the Dijkot Rural Health Centre (RHC).
Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2026
