Drug Smuggler Held In Islamabad Claims To Be Shehryar Afridi’s Friend

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Drug smuggler held in Islamabad claims to be Shehryar Afridi’s friend

Shehryar Afridi said that some criminal minded people are uploading pictures with him on social media to defame him.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 13th January, 2018) A drug smuggler arrested from Islamabad claims to be the friend of State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi who actively campaigns against drug abuse in the country.

According to Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), accused Qasim used to supply cocaine to parties.

Several other suspects have also been arrested. Cocaine worth crores of rupees has been recovered from the drug smugglers.

Speaking about the claim, Shehryar Afridi said that some criminal minded people are uploading pictures with him on social media to defame him.

Earlier, the nephew of Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi was arrested for possessing drugs.

Media reports said that an FIR was lodged against Talal Nadir Afridi on December 11, 2018, at the Jand Attock police station.

Almost half a kilogram of hashish was recovered from Talal and two of his friends.

The law enforcement personnel had intercepted their car due to suspicious activity but they tried to escape. The police eventually caught the vehicle and arrested them.

Talal was given a bail later.

Shehryar Afridi in his reaction said an action according to law will be taken against anyone involved in such an activity, be it my relative or someone else.

Following the incident, an official statement by the Interior Ministry stated that all are equal in front of the law, even if they belong to the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

The law will forge its own way regardless of whether someone is a minister or a minister’s relative. No one can influence the law enforcement agencies (LEAs), it added.

No one, hiding behind the excuse of any incident, can become a hindrance in the Interior Ministry’s war against land-grabbers and drug mafia, it noted.

Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi actively campaigns against the use of drugs after he claimed that as many as 75 per cent female students in Islamabad are addicted to stimulating drugs, including ice and crystal meth; whereas almost 45 percent of male students too are substance abusers.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses