KARACHI: Man acquitted in drug case

Published September 14, 2002

KARACHI, Sept 13: The special Anti-narcotics Court (ANC), headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, acquitted a man in a case pertaining to the possession of narcotics.

Mohammed Akram, represented by Shazia Hakim, was exonerated of the charge on an application under section 265-K of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The man was arrested on Nov 9, last year by the Kalri police, who claimed to have recovered 600 grams of charas from him.

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