ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi has respondedover the media reports of arrest of his nephew over drugs possession.
He said that action will be taken against anyone caught with drugs, even ifit’s his ‘nephew’.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Afridi said his father married thriceand that he is from a big family. When a journalist asked him whether TalalNadir Afridi, who was arrested on drug charges on December 11, was hisnephew, Afridi said whoever he is, action will be taken against himaccording to the law.
Talal was arrested along with three other young men on December 11 inAttock for possessing 507 grammes of hashish.
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The police flagged the young men’s car down but they refused to stop and,after a chase, they were caught. The police found the drugs in the car andregistered an FIR against them.
