ABBOTTABAD, Jan 19: The CIA police on Saturday recovered 30 kilogram of charas and arrested two accused, including owner of a private guest house.

CIA Inspector Qamar Hayat told journalists here that five kilogram charas was recovered during a raid on a guest house, owned by Javed Iqbal.

He said that on pointing of Mr Iqbal, the police arrested one Farhad Hassan, a resident of Ghazi Kot, Mansehra and recovered 25 kilogram of hashish from his possession. The police registered a case and started investigation.—Correspondent

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