Cop injured in firing by drug peddlers

MANSEHRA: A constable sustained injuries when alleged drug peddlers opened fire on a police party here on Friday.“A policeman sustained serious bullet wounds when the drug peddlers opened fire on the raiding police personnel,” District Police Officer Shafiullah Khan Gandapur told reporters.

He said a raid was conducted in the Batdarian area to arrest notorious narcotics peddler, Saifur Rehman, but his accomplices opened fire on the police party.The DPO said that Constable Muhammad Mushtaq was seriously injured and was rushed to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital.

“Saifur Rehman, who also sustained bullet wounds by fires of his accomplices, was arrested while fleeing and shifted to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital,” Gandapur said.He said that police were conducting raids to arrest the fleeing gangsters. The DPO said the ringleader of narcotics peddler, Saifur Rehman, belonged to Kolai-Palas. Gandapur said that the raid was carried out on a tip-off that drug peddlers were hiding at Rehman’s residence along with a large quantity of contraband.“The raid was part of our ongoing campaign to make the district drug-free,” he sadded.