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Four people, including two Customs officers, were acquitted by a special court for control of narcotic substances in a drugs trafficking case on Saturday After...

IRKUTSK - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday called for drug testing in schools, warning that narcotics abuse was now such a major problem that it was weighing down the economy. Speaking at a government meeting in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, identified by officials as a particular trouble spot for abuse, Medvedev said that no fewer than 2.5 million Russians were drug addicts. The president said the problem was costing Russia between two and three percent of the gross

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that narcotics worth dollars 5 billion is being traded from Afghanistan via porous border routes of Balochistan.
"Smuggling is going on unabated but at the same time we need to support our coast guards and provide them sophisticated equipment to monitor any illegal activity including narcotics and human trafficking," he said while addressing the passing out parade of 34th batch of Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) at their training

KARACHI - A local court sent an alleged drug peddler named Khan Muhammad alias Kano to judicial custody on Tuesday. The suspect was arrested by the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department (E&TD) police on April 11 from the Clifton police limits and produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate (South) Ishaq H Singhar on Tuesday. According to the prosecution, E&TD police team led by ETO Yaqoob Jakrani conducted a raid at a narcotics den located near the Gizri bus stop and arrested the

WAZIRABAD - Wazirabad Sadar police, in a raid on a house in Thathi Arain, Allahabad, arrested Goga Khan and his brother-in-law Zahid Khan and recovered 8kg charas, 2kg heroin, 2kg opium, a pistol, a dagger and Rs 200,000 from them.
ARREST OF JOURNALIST'S KILLERS DEMANDED: Wazirabad Press Club President Iftikhar Ahmad Butt and some other members have strongly condemned the brutal killing of journalist M Asghar and demanded action against his killers. In a joint statement, they

ISLAMABAD - Because of an inadequate system to ensure quality and supply of medicines and weak surveillance system, 440,000 new Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) cases of Tuberculosis (TB) are being registered annually across the world.
This was revealed by Dr Khalid Saeed Bukhari, World Health Organization (WHO) country advisor here on Thursday while speaking at the 1st Pakistan Health and Hygiene Conference, organized by Global Hygiene Council to mark the World Health Day. The Global

LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Aslam Tareen said that in order to eliminate the dens of narcotics and to reduce drug use in the city, enforcement teams have been constituted at divisional level under the supervision of SP, SHO, ANF HC, excise inspector and drug inspector. In this connection, a third meeting of Multi-Sectoral Task Force for Lahore Drug Free City Project was held at Capital City Police Headquarters under the chairmanship of the CCPO, who is also

GUJRANWALA - An addicted youth killed his 55-year-old father in the area if Samanabad for preventing him from using drugs. Deceased Muhammad Ilyas, a cobbler by profession, got his son Ghulam Muhammad admitted in a rehabilitation centre. Ghulam Muhammad managed to escape the rehabilitation centre and axed his father to death.
YOUTH STABBED TO DEATH: A youth was stabbed to death by some unknown assailants at village Jalal Balugan on Thursday. Reportedly, 18-year-old Attique Rehman

MEXICO CITY - The US govt is using unmanned drones to scout for violent drug gangs in Mexico, the New York Times said Wednesday, in an aggressive tactic that could raise sensitive sovereignty questions. The Pentagon began flying the unmanned missions over Mexico last month and they have already uncovered information useful to officials investigating the shooting death of a US customs agent in mid-February, the newspaper said.
US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe

LAHORE - The Mujahid Squad arrested 243 drug peddlers during the last month and seized charas, heroin and liquor worth millions of rupees, according to a handout issued on Monday. Mujahid Squad have registered 239 cases against the arrested men in various police stations. The squad officials have recovered 505 bottles of liquor, 21 kg of charas and 2 kg heroin. Mujahid Squad SP Muntazir Mehdi has directed the squad's patrolling officers to take action against the drug pushers to make

LAHORE - At least 25 Africans were arrested by Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) under the drug trafficking charge on Sunday. According to a local TV, the foreigners were running illegal business in Gulberg's Kalar Colony. Their illegal activities had turned the region in a 'no go area'.
Anti-narcotics force arrested the accused Africans, recovered three crates of beer and sealed their shops. The foreigners were moved to a secluded place. The police also said that some of the accused

KASUR - District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) Nazir Ahmed Ganjana awarded life imprisonment and a heavy fine to a drug pusher Imran. Reportedly, Mustafabad police raided a village Malakwal and recovered 18 kilogram charas from Imran's possession. The DSJ awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200,000 to Imran who was involved in the drugs' business for many years.
SUI GAS SUSPENSION PROTESTED IN KOT RADHA KISHAN: Hundreds of people protested against the suspension of Sui gas at

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Central Jail Superintendent Malik Zia-ud-Din has requested the Punjab IG prisons to sanction a drug treatment centre in the jail for addicted prisoners. In a letter, the superintendent revealed that Gujranwala District and Sessions Judge Kazim Raza Shamsi and Hafizabad DSJ Sheikh Muhammad Yousaf, during their visit to the jail on October 27, 2010, had ordered the establishment of such centre due to the miserable condition of the addicts.
He said Mian Afzal

ISLAMABAD - As much as 66,000 drugs have been registered in the country by December 2010, 55,000 of them as active drugs, under Drug Act 1976. According to Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association (PPMA) Chairman Haroon Qasim, around 10,000 are imported drugs while about 1,000 drugs have been de-registered over the last many years for several reasons like international withdrawals, safety recalls etc.
In a statement, he said the registered drugs included medical

FAISALABAD - Hundreds of protesters thronged one of the busiest highways of the city to condemn the flourishing drug trade in their area and the poor performance of the local police.
The residents of Gokhuwal village, led by Masood Cheema, gathered at Millat Road. They blocked the incoming and outgoing traffic by burning tyres and staging a sit-in. The protesters alleged the Millat Town police were sheltering drug dealers. They lamented dozens of youth had become addicts owing

TEHRAN - Iran on Saturday hanged an Iranian-Dutch woman for drug smuggling after initially arresting her for anti-government protests, the Tehran prosecutor's office said. Zahra Bahrami's execution takes the total number of people hanged in Iran so far this year to 66 - on average more than two a day - according to an AFP tally based on media reports.
The Netherlands summoned Iran's ambassador in the wake of the hanging, the Dutch foreign ministry said. "A drug trafficker named

WAZIRABAD - The menace of drug addiction is increasing day by day and over 8 million people have drug addicts in the country. These views were expressed by speakers at a one-day workshop at Government Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Degree College Wazirabad.
They urged the government to take steps to eradicate this menace of drug addiction. "Drug addiction has very dangerous effects on the health of human beings. In a backward country like Pakistan where the economy is already in a bad