On Sunday, a man and his wife was arrested in Rawalpindi for smuggling drugs, said the police.

The man was identified identified as Makhdoom and had criminal records. SHO Fazal Akbar said,

“Makhdoom and his wife Rubina have previous criminal records as well. In fact, Makhdoom was recently released from jail.”

The officers of the Banni police station investigated the case after they got a tip from one of their sources.

“We stopped them while they were going to deliver the drugs,” said a police officer.

According to a police official, almost 2 kg of charas was confiscared from Makhdoom and 1 kg from his wife. An FIR has been lodged against the couple.

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In another raid, the police have arrested a man, identified as Qaiser Mehmood, for smuggling 1.3kg of charas.