Ashrafuddin Pirzada
LANDIKOTAL
Police at Michni checkpost seized narcotics and arrested six petsons on the spot, police said on Saturday.
Michni post commander assistant sub-inspector Qamar Abbas Afridi and Ayaz Shinwari told this scribe that taking action on a tip off, they established a blockade at Michni checkpost near Torkham border and stopped a car. Ayaz said during search that they recovered five kilograms of Ice drugs concealed in cloth-made blanket.
Qamar Abbas said within two hours of first seizuresl they also recovered two kilograms of Ice drugs and 24 bottles of foreign-made alcohol from another car. He said the alcohol and Ice drugs were concealed in the hidden cavities of the car coming from Torkham border.
The accused were arrested and a cases was registered against them and transferred to Landikotal Havalat for further investigation.
Six persons identified as Khawar Hayat,resident of Attock Punjab, Sharif,afghan citizen, Shakeel Ahmed,resident of Peshawar Board Tajabad, Shakil Afridi, resident of Jamrud, Naushad Shinwari, eesident of Landikotal, Pir Muhammad, resident of Afghanistan were arrested and shifted to jail.
Police said two cars included of Non-custom paid Vitz car and corolla Xli bearing registeration(LC-617)
Police said the seized narcotics were being smuggled to Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Islamabad wherefrom,according to the arrested persons were being further smuggled to foreign countries.
Police high ups praised the police officials posted at Michni check post in their successful actions in the past few months curbing smuggling of contrabands.
