SAHIWAL: Railway police seized 40 kg of hashish from a couple traveling in Farid Express on Thursday evening near Pakpattan Railway Station.
Police said the constables in routine checking of compartments asked the couple to get their luggage checked. The man, however, jumped off the running train. Police got the train stopped and arrested the fleeing man, identified as Salah Muhammad, in a field. Police took the woman, Ameeran Bibi, also into its custody.
Amanullah Susal, railway police inspector, told reporters the couple was a resident of Okara and they got on the train from Havali Lakha Railway Station and were planning to smuggle the drugs to other countries from Karachi. He said they recovered 23kg hashish from Salah bag and 17kg from Ameeran Bibi. — Correspondent
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