KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky in police custody till May 22 in a narcotics case registered against her.
Anmol wasarrestedearlier this week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics. an unlicenced weapon. She wasalready bookedin multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest.
Earlier in the day, magistrates of districts South, Central. Malir reserved their decisions on police requests for Anmol’s physical custody in a total of 15 cases.
Today. she was presented before Karachi Central Special Sunday Magistrate Abdul Sattar in a case registered under the Sindh Control of Narcotic Substances Act 2024 (NSA) at the Specialised Investigation Unit (SIU/CIA) police station.
The police sought her 14-day custody, but the judge approved her six-day physical remand, noting that the investigation officer’s (IO) submission was “found cogent. reasonable”.
According to the court order, available withDawn, Anmol stated herself to be arrested in this case on May 15. alleged “maltreatment at the hands of police, but no apparent marks of violence were present”.
The judge noted the IO was required to have the suspect examined by any woman medicolegal officer. provide necessary medical treatment as advised.
Separately. a magistrate also remanded Anmol into police custody for two days in a murder case registered at the Baghdadi police station. In the rest of the 13 cases, the police sought her physical custody. were denied, as the courts sent the suspect on judicial remand.
On May 12, the police brought Anmol before the judicial magistrate (South), who refused to hand over the custody to the police. sent her to prison on judicial remand. The next day, a district courtremanded herin police custody forthree days, which expired today.
Karachi Police have said a “broad-based investigation” had been launched into the case after a preliminary probesuggestedthe involvement of foreigners in operating the narcotics network.
Separately, the Punjab police have alsowoken upto three old cases registered against her. 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 haveswung into actionto nab the suspect.
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