KARACHI: Woman drug pusher held

Published December 24, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 23: The Pakistan Coast Guards on Monday arrested a woman drug pusher at Uthal on the RCD Highway and recovered seven kilograms of Hashish from polythene bags wrapped around her waist, besides seizing unclaimed smuggled goods worth Rs600,000.

The Karachi-bound passenger coach, coming from Khuzdar, JA-5482, was stopped for checking and a 65-year-old woman, Syden Bibi, dismounted from the coach and started running away. She was caught and searched and the drug was recovered.—PPI

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