ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police on Thursday apprehended seven suspected drug peddlers, including two students, from various universities and adjoining areas.
The alleged drug peddlers included university students, Waleed Shamim and Zamd-ul-Naas. Another suspect was identified as Mateeullah.
According to the police, the suspects were selling ecstasy and hashish to university students. Officials also seized a large number of pills and 200 grams of hashish from suspect, Waleed Shamim.
Police have lodged a case against the suspects and an investigation is underway.
In January, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested the leader of a gang allegedly involved in supplying marijuana, LSD, and other imported high-end drugs to students of different universities and educational institutions in the federal capital.
He said the force had launched a campaign to net drug peddlers involved in supplying drugs in educational institutions.
The ANF Intelligence had deployed special surveillance teams and informers to monitor activities of gangs involved in supplying drugs to educational institutions, especially in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, he said.