An Anti-Narcotics Court fined a private firm and three individuals Rs50,000 each for selling intoxicated drugs without a license. If they fail to pay the fine, they face two-week imprisonment and the pharmacy license of the firm will be revoked. In a separate case, the court sentenced a drug smuggler to death.
KARACHI: An Anti-Narcotics Court on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on a private firm and three individuals each for selling intoxicated drugs without license, ARY News reported.
As per details, the Anti-Narcotics Court’s three-member bench headed by Justice Zulfikar Shah pronounced the verdict in an 11-year-old case. The court found three individuals and a private firm guilty of selling intoxicated drugs without having the license to do so.
The court in its judgment ruled that the accused would have to face two-week rigorous imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine. “The pharmacy license of the private firm would be revoked if the owner fails to pay the fine amount,” the court ruled.
Earlier on January 17, an anti-narcotics court handed a death sentence to the accused in a bid to smuggle drugs, ARY News reported.
The anti-narcotics court announced a death sentence for accused Qamar Mehmood after the prosecution proved the case of hiding drugs in tractor tyres to smuggle outside the country.
The court acquitted co-accused Ateeq Rehman in the case.
Source: ARY NEWS
Summary:
Three suspects and a private firm were fined by the Anti-Narcotics Court for selling intoxicated drugs without a license. The court imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on each of the individuals and the firm. Failure to pay the fine would result in a two-week rigorous imprisonment, and the pharmacy license of the firm would be revoked if the fine is not paid. In a separate case, the court awarded a death sentence to a drug smuggler, Qamar Mehmood, for attempting to smuggle drugs hidden in tractor tires, while co-accused Ateeq Rehman was acquitted.
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