A drugs court sentenced a man on Wednesday to three years in jail and slapped him with a fine of Rs 100,000 for selling illegal sex-enhancing drugs in Benazirabad district (formerly Nawabshah). Failure to pay the fine will result in six more months in prison. The court, presided over by its chairman Sathi M Ishaque, found Mohammad Afaq Khan guilty of the charges against him and also ordered drug inspectors to lodge a case against another man involved in the case, Khadim Hussain. The court in its order mentioned that in 2005, the drug inspectors of Sanghar district conducted a raid at a medical store owned by Hussain and found him selling illegal sex-enhancing drugs. After interrogating Hussain, they cracked down on Khan’s shop and confiscated the same kind of drugs from there as well.
However, the drug inspectors without permission of the court released Hussain and produced him as a prosecution witness instead of an accused.
The court directed the provincial health secretary to take departmental action against the Sindh Quality Control Board secretary and members for releasing Hussain.
