Woman arrested for involvement in sale of drugs to students in Karachi

A woman has been arrested for being involved in sale of drugs to students of schools and colleges in Chanesar Goth area of the city.

According to sources, investigation into the matter has revealed the 40-year-old woman, Kulsoom alias Bhabhi, has been in the business of drug peddling since the past 16 years. The woman was also working as the front person for all the drug peddlers in Chanesar Goth i.e. she would collect money from them and give it to the policemen in Mehmoodabad and Tipu Sultan police stations. She gave money to the police as bribe so that she and others in the business stayed safe from being arrested.

The drug peddler was arrested during a joint search operation of the Rangers and police in Chanesar Goth Saturday night.

Around a month back, a lecturer of Islamic College, Peshawar was arrested on suspicion of selling drugs in the varsity.

Peshawar college lecturer arrested on suspicion of selling drugs to students

SSP Operations Sajjad Khan had told Geo News Bashir Ahmad, a lecturer in the English department, was arrested from Regi Model Town, an area in the city that shares a border with Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

A total of 20 grammes of ‘ice’ and 150 grammes of hashish were recovered from the lecturer, Sajjad had sad.

He added complaints of drugs being used in the varsity had been reported earlier, after which police took action. He explained that police had set up special checkpoints and arrested him when his vehicle was stopped and checked.