BAHAWALPUR - The police arrested 94 peddlers with huge quantity of drugs during operations conducted in the month of April.
According to DPO Ashfaq Khan, police launched a vigorous crackdown on drug-dealers. During the operation, police arrested 94 drug-dealers and recovered 14.5 kilogram of Charas, 4,310 litres of liquor and 890 litres of Lehan from their possession.
On the occasion, the DPO pledged to adopt zero-tolerance policy against drug-dealers especially those involved in brewing liquor or facilitating drug-peddlers. Police officers will also be dealt with sternly if they are found reluctant to arrest the drug-peddlers or guilty of patronising them, he warned. He also ordered all the SHOs to tighten noose around drug-peddlers and do not show any leniency in this regard. He advised them to seek public assistance in this regard.
This news was published in The Nation newspaper. Read complete newspaper of 04-May-2017