BAHAWALPUR: The Counter Narcotics Force(CNF) claimed on Wednesday to have seized a large consignment of drugs worth Rs16 million, arresting two inter-provincial smugglers.
According to a press release, a CNF team intercepted a car and, during the checking, recovered over 55kg charas and over 24kg opium hidden in cavities in the vehicle. The team seized the drugs and impounded the car.
The press release added that two suspects occupying the car were arrested, who were booked by the CNF.
CNF sources, without revealing the names of the arrested suspects, said that raids were being conducted to arrest their accomplices.
WOMAN MURDERED: A divorced woman was allegedlyknifed to death by two men at Chak No 97/DB in the limits of Yazman police station.
According to the police, the prime suspect, Rustam, had an altercation with the victim, Shakila, over a marriage issue.
Later, Rustam called his accomplice and they allegedly knifed the woman to death in her house.
A police team, reaching the spot on an emergency call, summoned the forensic and crime scene units, which collected evidence from the crime scene.
The body was shifted to the local THQ hospital for a postmortem examination.
The police, on the complaint of the victim’s sister, Shehnaz Bibi, registered FIR No 649/26 under Section 302 of the PPC and arrested Rustam, while raids were on to nab his accomplice.
CONVICTIONS: Vehari Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ)Tariq Mahmood Shad, deciding a murder case, awarded life imprisonment to two brothers, along with a fine, while their third brother was handed down a five-year term with fine.
According to the prosecution, the convicted brothers Abid, Arshad and Majid had shot one Ashraf dead over a land dispute in 2024 in Luddan.
Luddan police had registered FIR No 630/24 under Section 302 of the PPC against them.
Meanwhile, Lodhran ASJ Muhammad Qadafi Bin Zair awarded a 20-year term, along with Rs1 million fine, to a drug seller.
According to the prosecution, Lodhran Saddar police had, on October 23, 2024, arrested the convict, Kalim, recovering over 11kg charas from him.
The police had registered FIR No 1102/24 against him.