HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad police shot dead a suspected drug dealer in an encounter in the limits of Hali Road police station here on Friday.
The police spokesman informed that the Hali road police raided a locality near American Quarters to arrest the suspected narcotics dealer Iqbal Shah after receiving a tip-off.
However, he claimed, the slain suspect opened fire on the police in a bid to escape. He told that Shah sustained a fatal gunshot during the exchange of fire and died.
The dead body was shifted to Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) for postmortem.
The spokesman claimed that Shah was a notorious drug dealer who was wanted by the police in 9 FIRs.
He also claimed that the police recovered ice, hashish and a pistol from possession of the slain person.
The action took place a day after Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon directed the police and Excise department to launch a crackdown against the drug peddlers.