63 drug peddlers arrested

Islamabad: Police have arrested 63 persons on charges of drug-peddling during an accelerated drive against anti-social elements. According to SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer, under the direction of IG Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman, a special intelligence-based campaign has been launched in the city. He said special squads have been constituted under Additional SP Islamabad Farhat Abbas Kazmi. He was of the view that the supply of drugs cannot be checked completely until there is demand in the society and added the police have decided to put a hand on the drug users. He said both young boys and girls are among the drug users and warned the parents to keep a check on their children in this regard. The SSP said that during the past two weeks, 63 persons involved in supplying drugs to youth were arrested.