ISLAMABAD – In an irony, the nephew of the state minister for antinarcotics force has been arrested on charges of narcotics possession.
As per the media report, the nephew of State Minister for Interior ShehryarAfridi was arrested for possession of narcotics.
It was reportedlinkinlocal media that an FIR was lodged against Talal Nadir Afridi on December11, 2018, at the Jand Attock police station. Almost half a kilogram ofhashish was recovered from him and two of his friends.
Their car was asked to stop by law enforcement agencies due to suspiciousactivity, however, they tried to escape. They were eventually stopped afterpolice chased their vehicle.
They were all taken into custody and sent to jail. It is not known whetherall of them were bailed out afterwards but Talal had been bailed out.
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An official statement by the Interior Ministry reiterates that all areequal in front of the law, even if they belong to the incumbent PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
The law will forge its own way regardless of whether someone is a ministeror a minister’s relative. No one can influence the law enforcement agencies(LEAs), it added.
