Tag: Drug
Lahore: A haven for the high!
Lahore continues to be a safe haven for drug peddlers and consumers alike. From poverty-stricken residencies to posh colonies, reports by intelligence agencies claim...
7 drug pushers nabbed
Golra and Tarnol police stations have arrested seven persons including four women, and recovered 4.660 kg opium and 2.510 kg hashish from them, a...
Robbers busted and drug lady grounded
The South Cantonment Police arrested a woman drug peddler during a raid and confiscated one kilogramme of hashish from her possession. Per...
Scarcity of funds delay completion of drug, food testing laboratories
Construction of drug and food testing laboratories in Rawalpindi has been halted due to shortage of funds. According to sources, the Punjab government had...
Local Viagra coming to a store near you soon!
Pakistanis over 50 years of age might hear a good news soon as the authorities concerned have discussed for the first time in detail...
Iran seizes 11 tonnes of drug in ‘biggest’ bust
Iran’s border patrol police said it seized more than 11 tonnes of drugs, killing one smuggler, in the “biggest” bust since the 1979 Islamic...
NATO, Russia achieve milestone in training drug control officers
NATO and Russia have passed a milestone in 2012 with the training of over 2,500 anti-narcotics officers from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, NATO...
Pakistan, India join hands against drug mafia
India and Pakistan will share operational intelligence with each other on drug trafficking to crack down on the drug mafia using the territory as...
Afghanistan, Pakistan must work closely to fight terrorism: PM
Afghanistan and Pakistan have common challenges in terrorism and drug trafficking and both countries should work closely to fight the menaces, Prime Minister Raja...
Judicial inquiry likely as 20 people killed in poisonous drug case
Lahore High Court has accepted an application for the judicial inquiry of poisonous syrup sale as the death toll has reached 20.
It is to...
In Pakistan, you can get away with anything!
The Federal Ministry of Regulation and Services has awarded a drug manufacturing licence to a company that caused a disaster last year by supplying...
Fake Venezuelan Olympians arrested for drug smuggling
Police in Argentina have arrested 10 Venezuelan drug mules who pretended to be members of the Olympic weightlifting team to avoid arousing suspicion. The...
Man accused of hiding crack in prosthetic leg
A man accused of drug possession may not have a leg to stand on in court. That’s because authorities say they found crack and...
Joint efforts only solution to drug trafficking: Zardari
President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon the regional countries to chalk out a joint strategy to deal with narcotics.
Addressing the regional ministerial conference...
Russian official sees declining trend for drug trafficking after US pullout
Head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov blames the US for a major part of the narcotics smuggled from Afghanistan to his...
‘Treatment protocols for drug use in Pakistan’ launched
Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with Ministry of Narcotics Control & United Nations Office on Drug and Crime launched “Treatment Protocols for...
Man steals lobsters for drug habit
A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit. Authorities...
