Drugs peddler sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment

Raza Naqvi
Attock

A drug peddler was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment and fine by a court in Pindigheb town of Attock on Friday.

Additional Session judge Qammar Zaman Bhatti- Judge of special court for the Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS) sentenced nine years’ imprisonment to a drugs peddler who was arrested by Police during a raid on his narcotics in the limits of Pindigheb Police station during the year 2023.

The convict Zahid Mehmood was arrested under section 9-C CNSA, 1997 after recovery of hashish from his possession. During the proceedings, the public prosecutor for the state argued that the accused was caught red-handed while selling the contraband and the evidence on record fully connected him with the commission of the offence.

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