A convicted drug peddler in Karachi was sentenced to one-year jail time by a local port after being found guilty of selling the drug crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘ice’ to students in the port city.
According to the details, Rohail Shakeel was found guilty of selling the notorious substance in the Defence Housing Authority and arrested in 2018.
The model criminal trial court (Karachi-South) judge Kamran Atta Soomro found that the prosecution successfully proved the charge against the accused.
The judge awarded 16-months imprisonment to the accused and also imposed a fine of Rs11,000.
According to police, the convict was arrested from Khayaban-e-Abbasi in DHA’s Phase-VIII on Dec 27, 2018. Police had also recovered 110 grams of the ‘ice’ drug and 150 grams of hashish from his possession.
