Foreign nationals, over 20 women linked to ‘Pinky’ drug network: Karachi AIG

Karachi Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Police Azad Khan said on Friday that foreign nationals were also involved in the network being investigated in the “Pinky case”, adding that more than 20 women were linked to the operation. Speaking at a press conference at Karachi’s Central Police Office alongside DIG Crime and Investigation Amir Farooqi, DIG West Irfan Baloch, DIG Special Branch Shiraz Nazir and DIG Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Azfar Mahesar, the AIG said investigators had uncovered wider links within the network, including the involvement of foreign nationals. On Tuesday, Karachi police arrested a woman accused of operating one of the city’s most organised narcotics supply networks. The suspect, identified as Anmol alias Pinky, was arrested during a joint operation conducted by city police and a civil agency at an apartment in the Garden area. “During the arrest of the suspect, 1.5 kilograms of narcotics, seven kilograms of chemicals and a pistol were recovered,” Khan said. He added that the accused was produced before a court on the same day, during which “possible procedural violations took place”, leading to the suspension of three police officers. Also Read: 'Pinky' case deepens as physical remand secured He further stated that investigation teams had been formed and that there were 20 cases linked to the suspect in Sindh, including 17 old cases and three new ones. “One case is with the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), while six of the old cases have already been disposed of,” he said, adding that in the ANF case, the suspect had previously been absconding. The AIG said investigators had received a “500-page statement spanning one and a half years” and identified transactions worth more than Rs300 million. He added that Karachi police were in contact with the Punjab Police and the ANF, saying that nine riders had been identified — eight from Punjab and one from Karachi. “Four names have also been sent for placement on the Exit Control List over their alleged involvement in the case,” he said. On Wednesday, Karachi police secured a three-day physical remand of the suspect, further intensifying what authorities described as a rapidly expanding narcotics investigation with far-reaching links.

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