Karachi Police have busted an international drug-trafficking network involved in supplying methamphetamine, commonly known as ice or crystal meth, with the arrest of two suspected members, including a woman.
East Deputy Inspector General of Police Dr Farrukh Ali told a press conference on Friday that Landhi police arrested the suspects after receiving intelligence about their activities.
According to the official, police recovered 19.56 kilograms of methamphetamine from the suspects.
Dr Ali said the suspects were linked to Afghan drug trafficker Sabir Afghan and were part of a network supplying narcotics from Afghanistan to Karachi and other parts of Pakistan.
He said the drugs were transported through various routes to Lahore and other areas of Punjab before being distributed to different parts of the country.
The DIG described the group as a family-run operation headed by a Lahore-based woman identified as Mehwish. He said she arranged supplies of what police described as high-quality ice from Afghanistan for distribution across Pakistan.
The arrested woman was identified as Mehwish’s sister-in-law.
Dr Ali alleged that her husband was involved in supplying the drug, while she handled its distribution among customers.
He said the suspects belonged to working- and middle-class families and added that another member of the network had recently been arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Force.
Further investigation is under way to establish the network’s links and identify additional suspects, the DIG said.
Referring to the secrecy surrounding the family-based operation, Dr Ali jokingly compared it to the case of Anmol, alias Pinky, and said it could be referred to as “Pinky Two”.
Anmol was arrested in May in connection with cases registered at Garden police station involving drug possession and an unlicensed weapon. She had previously been booked in several other criminal cases.
