FAISALABAD, March 21: Police arrested four drug traffickers and recovered a huge quantity of liquor from their possession here on Saturday night. A police party, on a tip off, raided a house in Islamnagar and caught red-handed Pervaiz selling liquor.

The police also arrested his three accomplices - Farrukh, Mohsin and Anoke Masih - and recovered 465 bottles of liquor and Rs32,000 in cash from them.

SHOT DEAD: A man was shot dead allegedly by his son over a property dispute in Chak 400-GB, Tandlianwala, on Sunday. Reports said Pannon Aqil killed his father, Alam Sher, when he refused to give his share in the property.

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