Alleged drug queenpin Anmol remanded into police custody till May 22

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky in police custody till May 22 in one of the several cases registered against her. Anmol was arrested earlier this week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She was already booked in multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest. Earlier in the day, magistrates of districts South, Central and Malir reserved their decisions on police requests for Anmol’s physical custody in a total of 15 cases, including a murder case. On May 12, the police brought Anmol before the judicial magistrate (South), who refused to hand over the custody to the police and sent her to prison on judicial remand. The next day, a district court remanded her in police custody for three days, which expired today. Karachi Police have said a “broad-based investigation” had been launched into the case after a preliminary probe suggested the involvement of foreigners in operating the narcotics network. Separately, the Punjab police have also woken up to three old cases registered against her and her brothers in Lahore several years ago and are reportedly planning to seek her custody from Sindh. Following the revelations by Anmol that one of her countrywide drug supply network’s members, Tahir Saleem, belonged to Hasilpur in the Bahawalpur district, the district as well as the regional police have swung into action to nab the suspect. More to follow