ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police has tightened noose around drug dealers and arrested 123 person, besides recovering huge quantity of narcotics.
The police had launched a massive crackdown to eliminate drugs from the federal capital, following directions of Inspector General of Police Islamabad Qazi Jameel-ur-Rehman, said SSP Operations Mustafa Tanvir on Friday.
Addressing a press conference here at central police office, he said the department has so far recovered 27123 grams heroine, 50965 grams hashish and 2788 grams ice in various operations across the city.
The federal capital police has arrested 19 Nigerians involved in the business of ice during the ongoing year, he added.
He said Tarnol police arrested a notorious drug dealer Basharat which was accused in 13 cases including murder, terrorism, illicit arms and drugs.
Similarly, he said another famous drug dealer Irfan Ali alias Bhola who was selling drugs to adults was also nabbed.
He said most of the arrested persons were taxi drivers, females and some foreigners.
During the investigation, he said the accused informed the police that the buyer contact them through mobile phone and later the drug was delivered to the desired destination.
The youth and students were the safe target for foreigners drug dealers, he added.
The capital police was striving hard to break the chain of drug traffickers to purge the menace from the society.
The SSP appealed the parents to keep an eye on their children to prevent them from drug addiction.
He asked the citizens to cooperate with police and informed them in case of any suspicious activity in their surroundings. The name of informer would be kept in secret, the SSP added.
Meanwhile, in a message the Inspector General (IG) said the department had set up a specialized anti-narcotics unit in the federal capital to eradicate the menace from the society.
” We are going to launch an awareness campaign in colleges and universities to sensitize the students about the negative impacts of drugs on human health”, he added.
He expressed the determination to continue fight against drugs till its complete eradication.