Three women among 1,006 ice dealers arrested in Peshawar
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April 12, 2021
PESHAWAR: Three women are among 1006 drug dealers held by the police during operations against ice (meth) in the provincial capital in the last over three months, it was learnt.
One of the alleged women traffickers is an auto-rickshaw driver who went viral on social media recently for being the first woman driving three-wheeler in the provincial capiOfficials said she was arrested by the Faqirabad police while carrying 215 grams of ice. Interestingly, a traffic cop recently did not issue her ticket for not having a registration plate on her vehicle.
The cop let her go after providing her snacks and making a self-projection video of the episode to upload it on his social media accounts. The video went viral and was appreciated by the police bosses on various forums without realizing the blunder made by the cop. Another woman was arrested by the Badaber police for carrying 5.5 kilograms ice worth mi
Updated: 11:43 AM CDT April 2, 2021
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. A Maplewood man suspected in a fatal shooting in University City has been arrested and charged.
Cole Miller, 23, of Maplewood, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and receiving stolen property. The victim, identified as 32-year-old Sharif Khan of Creve Coeur, died at a hospital after University City police found him with gunshot wounds at 762 W. Canterbury Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Police recovered two .380-caliber shell casings at the scene and a cellphone later determined to belong to Miller. He was arrested Wednesday night at a bar and grill on South Big Bend Boulevard in Maplewood. Officers found Miller’s truck with a .380 Ruger LCP inside. The gun had been reported missing in Franklin County.
Judicial inquiry ordered into student’s death in custody
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March 16, 2021
PESHAWAR: A judicial inquiry into the death of the grade-7 student in police custody was ordered as the deceased was laid to rest on Monday.
The district and sessions judge, Peshawar deputed a judicial magistrate to conduct the inquiry under Section 176 Criminal Procedure Code into the death of the student Shahzeb in custody at the West Cantonment Police Station. The magistrate was directed to submit the report within two weeks.
Shahzeb, a young student from Warsak Road, Peshawar was laid to rest in his ancestral village on Monday. Hundreds of people attended the funeral prayers. The police said he committed suicide in the lock-up of the West Cantonment Police Station on Sunday, but his father alleged that Shahzeb was tortured to death. Police said he was arrested after a brawl with local shopkeepers in Liaqat Bazaar and pointing gun at them.
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Student dies in Peshawar Police custody
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March 15, 2021
PESHAWAR: In yet another tragic incident, a grade-7 student was found dead in the lock-up of the West Cantonment Police Station on Sunday. This happened a few days after a student from Bannu was shot dead by the cops in the limits of the Faqirabad Police Station.
The staff of the West Cantonment Police Station was suspended after the tragic incident while the concerned cops, including the station house officer, have been arrested and a case lodged against them.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Governor Shah Farman, while taking notice of the incident, directed the Inspector General of Police to conduct an inquiry and submit report on the death of the young student. They expressed anger as to what made the student commit suicide in the lock-up if the police version is true.