Bahawalpur police look for suspect linked to ‘cocaine queen’ network
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BAHAWALPUR: Following the revelations by cocaine trafficker Ms Anmol alias Pinki, who is in Karachi police’s custody, that one of her countrywide drug supply network’s member, Tahir Saleem, belonged to Hasilpur, Bahawalpur district, the district as well as regional police have swung into action to nab the suspect. The district and regional police officials in Bahawalpur confirmed to Dawn that Tahir Saleem hailed from Hasilpur and was allegedly a drug trafficker. District police spokesperson Naeem Ahmed confirmed to Dawn that Tahir Saleem was a resident of Chak No 16-Fordwah in Hasilpur tehsil. Quoting Hasilpur police officials, he said that Tahir later shifted to Chak 62-Fateh in Hasilpur tehsil, but he left the place too. According toHaji Saqib Ajmal, the PRO of the regional police officer, Tahir had moved to Lahore, where on Oct 27, 2019, a drug trafficking case (FIR No.1334/19) was registered against him at Liaquatabad police station of Lahore district, under the relevant sections of the Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997, on the complaint of one Muahmmad Qaidar Jan, an official of Wahdat Colony police station. In the FIR (a copy obtained by Dawn), it was mentioned that Tahir Saleem supplied narcotics to the students of educational institutions. He was arrested during a raid near RS Pulli, Lahore. The police had recovered over two kilogram charas from his possession. The FIR also carried Tahir’s initial statement in which he confessed to have worked for Ms Pinki. The police say that further scrutiny of Tahir’s criminal records was in progress. Bodies: The Mailsi Police of Vehari district claimed to have recovered the bodies of a mother and her three children from a house in Fatehpur on Friday. A DPO’s spokesperson told Dawn by phone that on receiving the information, police teams led by DPO Tassawar Iqbal rushed to the scene and inspected it. A forensic team and crime scene unit officials were already present to collect evidence, he added. He said the dece