KOHAT: : District police Monday foiled a bid to smuggle 6600 grams hashish being smuggled from Hangu to Kohat district and arrested a peddler along with a pistol and rounds.
Incharge Narcotics Police DSP Shafiq ullah Khan, acting on a tip-off, deployed a police team comprising ASI Ahmed Hussain on Simari road here. During the checking, the police intercepted a tricycle coming from Hangu Bazar and on checking recovered 6600 grams hashish from a drug peddler identified as Luqman s/o Rehman resident of Hangu.
The police also recovered a 30 bore pistol and 15 cartridges from his custody and registered FIR against him under Sections CNSA96 and 15AA and started investigation.