KOHAT, Aug 15: The Kohat police foiled an attempt to smuggle huge quantity of drugs and fake currency from Darra Adam Khel into Punjab via Kohat and arrested five professional carriers on provincial boundary in Shakardarra on Monday.

The police was tipped off that some carriers who had got a consignment in Darra Adam Khel would try to smuggle it through Shakardarra into Punjab on Sunday.

The Lachi police, who started patrolling the mountains on Sunday night, foiled the smuggling bid. The smugglers, after noticing the presence of the police, returned back but on Monday afternoon came over again and tried to cross into Punjab a second time. During the ensuing shootout, one of the smugglers, Gul Moin, was seriously injured.

Three carriers withdrew into the thick jungle leaving behind the consignment, the Lachi police told Dawn.

Later the police also arrested four other carriers whose names are Lahore Badshah, Munir Badshah, Aslam and Rustam Khan and recovered 53 kilograms of charas, 16 kilograms of opium and fake currency worth one lakh rupees. The consignment is stated to be valued at eight million rupees in the international market.

Similarly, in another raid on the house of a proclaimed offender Sajid Khan in Kalu China village, ASP, Nisar Khan Tanoli recovered two Klashnikovs, two double-barrel rifles, one repeater, two pistols and one shotgun. The PO, however, managed to escape from the scene.

DEATH SENTENCE: The additional district and sessions judge, Kohat awarded death penalty to a murderer and sentenced the co-accused to 25 years rigorous imprisonment on Monday.