KARACHI: Gutka makers arrested

Published February 5, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sharafi Goth police on Sunday raided a house in Mansehra Colony and arrested four men on the charges of making Gutka, a hazardous stuff which has been formally banned by the government, said a police official.

“We got reports that some people involved in Gutka-making have changed their location from some other part of the city and started their activity in Mansehra Colony at which we conducted a raid,” said Malik Ishaq, SHO of Sharafi Goth Police Station.

During the raid, police recovered 5,000 Gutka sachets and impounded the entire raw and packing material, he said. The arrested men were identified as Kamran, Waqas, Naeem and Kamran Saeed.—Our Reporter

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