Share:HYDERABAD-The district administration and the Hyderabad police have launched a grand operation against the manufacture, marketing and sale of mainpuri, gutka and other narcotic substances, achieving major successes in the operation during the last two days. The Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon shared the statistics of the arrests and recovery of the banned items on Friday. According to the figures, some 144 suspects had been arrested and 119 cases had been registered across the district. As per the released figures, the police also recovered 12,255 grams of hashish, 750 grams of ice, 67,123 packets of gutka and 17,722 packets of mainpuri besides 295 liters of liquor and 127 pints. The minister said under the supervision of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah the operation against the drug peddlers would continue in every district of the province.

Source: The Nation April 28, 2023 23:35 UTC