Woman held with heroin

Published November 27, 2008

SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 26: The A-division police claimed on Wednesday having arrested a female drug trafficker from a Bhekhi Road house and recovered one kilogram heroin from her.

SHO Muhammad Ali Chaddhar received information that Nusrat Bibi, a trafficker, had taken refuge in a Bhekhi Road house. A police team raided the place and held her with heroin.Her husband Riaz is already serving life term in the district jail.

FIRE: An oil agency in Farooqabad caught fire on Wednesday as a result of which two employees, Maqsood and Ijaz, suffered serious burns. They were hospitalised.

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