KOHAT: District p
olice on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle 100 kilograms of hashish, worth millions of rupees from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to Punjab and arrested an inter-provincial drug-peddler gang.
While addressing a press conference, Saddar DSP Hussain Ghulam Bangesh said that P
olice received a tip that drug peddlers would attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of hashish from KP to Punjab.
H
e said that taking action, p
olice teams were directed to remain vigilant and check vehicles on Kohat Indust Highway, adding that during the checking, a p
olice team intercepted a coach near Muslimabad Check post and after searching the coach thoroughly, found 100 kilogram hashish.
P
olice arrested the drug peddlers, identified as Naqibur Rehman and Niaz Ahmed, and took them to the p
olice station for further interrogation.
DPO Javed Iqbal appreciated the efforts of the p
olice team for busting the gang of drug peddlers and anno
unced commendation ce
rtificates and cash prizes.