-Bid to smuggle 1.5kg heroin to UK foiled
By U.Zee
ISLAMABAD: The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid to smuggle drugs worth millions of rupees to United Kingdom and arrested the clearing agent.
According to details, during checking of parcels booked for UK through
flight No. QR-633 at Islamabad International Airport, 1.5 kilogram heroin
concealed in sweet boxes was recovered.
The ANF arrested the clearing agent identified as Ali along with the
recovered heroin and shifted them to the ANF cell for further investigation.
Fake SBP officials busted for selling counterfeit currency
ISLAMABAD: Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) department of Islamabad police Monday claimed to have arrested three fake State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) employees preparing and selling counterfeit Pakistan currency.
According to the CIA police, three members of a gang preparing counterfeit Pakistani currency were arrested and fake currency notes amounting to 150,000 rupees have been recovered from their possession.
“Rs200,000 looted from the people have also been recovered from their possession.†The suspects have been identified as Muhammad Jahangir, Shahzeb, and Malik Muhammad Younus as Islamabad police launched an investigation in the matter after registering an FIR against them.
“The suspects used to identify themselves as the state bank employees,†a CIA police official said adding that they also assured people of bringing with them the machine used to print currency notes at the SBP. In a similar action recently, police arrested two accused involved in circulating fake currency in Karachi’s Steel Town.
As par SP Malir Malik Sanghar, two people named Ghulam Farid and Imran have been taken into custody over circulating fake currency in Steel Town. The accused were selling fake currency note of 1000 at Rs250 and counterfeit notes of 5000 at Rs2000. Fake currency worth Rs0.5 was also recovered from the custody of the arrested. The fake currency notes were smuggled to Karachi from Peshawar.
6 held, stolen vehicle,
fake currency recovered
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have held six criminals nd recovered stolen vehicle, bike, fake currency as well as weapons from their possession.
SSP Operations Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer had assigned task to Zonal SPs to accelerate efforts against bike-lifters.
Following his directions, SP Rural Zone, Nosherwan constituted a special team under supervision of ASP Faryal Fareed including SHO Shahzad Town police station Muhammad Azeem and others. This team apprehended two members of the vehicle-lifter gang later identified as Abdullah, resident of district Kasur and Kashif Ali, resident of Okara and recovered stolen vehicle from their possession. A case has been registered against them at Shahzad Town police station and further investigation is underway from them. Furthermore Sihala police arrested accused Samiullah and recovered fake currency from him.
Shams Colony police arrested accused Muhammad Abrar and recovered fake currency from him. Koral police arrested accused Hassan Abbas and recovered stolen motorbike from him, while police team arrested accused Imran and recovered one 30 bore pistol from him.
Separate cases have been registered against the nabbed person and further investigation is underway. DIG Operations Afzaal Ahmed Kausar and SSP Operations Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanveer has appreciated the performance of Police teams.
