PESHAWAR: As many as 4,726 instances have been filed and 5,289 sellers have been arrested in operations in opposition to drug mafias within the provincial capital throughout the present 12 months, an official stated on Friday.
Capital Police Officer Ashfaq Anwar informed reporters that operations in opposition to drug sellers, traffickers and producers have been stepped up in current weeks. “Most operations are carried out within the neighborhood of academic establishments and hostels,” he added.
The CCPO stated that throughout the present 12 months, 5,289 members of assorted gangs concerned within the sale and smuggling of heroin, ice, cannabis and different medication have been arrested.
“Round 177 kg of ice, 80 kg of heroin and 866 kg of cannabis have been recovered in operations over the last 5 months,” Ashfaq stated. He added that 30 kg of ice, 162 kg of cannabis and eight kg of heroin have been recovered over the last two weeks alone.
An operation has been launched in opposition to main drug sellers, producers and traffickers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after seeing an unprecedented improve in the usage of narcotics, particularly ice.
An official stated that the KP Police, Excise and Narcotics Management Division and the Anti-Narcotics Power have deliberate main drives in all main districts and cities of the province following a call by the apex committee.
A variety of operations previously have failed solely after officers on the bottom targeted extra on exhibiting an elevated variety of arrests to employers and including pretend instances to the listing as a substitute of breaking the actual community by way of a greater intelligence gathering and efficient operations.
A supply stated intelligence was being gathered on ice factories and distributors in city and suburban areas whereas motion was being deliberate in opposition to mafias and facilitators concerned in supplying ice, heroin and cannabis. to younger individuals in academic establishments and hostels. different departments have additionally been given extra powers to go after drug sellers, producers and traffickers.
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