A bid to smuggle two Kg Cannabis and 200 cartridges to Karachi was foiled on Sunday, when Kohat police had recovered cannabis and cartridges from secret compartments of Bus # 1183 during vehicle search on Indus Highway near Kohat Tunnel Toll Plaza, four alleged smugglers namely Saeed Ahmed, Muhib Gul, Kamran Shah and Muhammad Naseer residents of Peshawar were arrested and their vehicle was taken into custody by police. Case against alleged smugglers was registered in Jungle Khel police station of Kohat.
According to Kohat police sources Kohat police has blocked Kohat Pindi road near Khushal Garh with containers, and has arrested political activists namely Sami advocate, Dilawar Khan, Humayoon Pahlawan, Imran Khan along with many others on Sunday. S far 22 political activists including Haji Javed Ibrahim Paracha and president Kohat Bar Council Mr. Khursheed Khatak are arrested. Haji Javed Ibrahim Paracha and Khurshid Khatak are under house arrest and rest of the 20 political activists are shifted to Kohat Central Jail.
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Abdur Raziq