MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In a significant breakthrough in the international drug dealer Arshad Balo’s case, Mirpur police have busted an international drug dealer’s network.
As per details, police raided Neelum Currency Exchange and other locations on the tip-off, recovering over 10 million rupees in domestic and foreign currency, illegal weapons, cash records, and important documents.
During the interrogation, Balo revealed that Khan Waheed, the owner of Neelum Currency Exchange, was part of a drug network and received crores of rupees from the UK.
Waheed’s brother-in-law Tauqir, Junaid, Sajid, and Muhammad Arshad, a cashier, were arrested for their involvement in the illicit business.
During the operation, the police seized four vehicles, domestic and foreign currency, weapons, cash records, and important documents. The currency exchange was also sealed by the police.
According to sources, Khan Waheed has been in the US since 2024, following the inquiry by the ANF and FIA.
On the instructions of SSP Mirpur Khawar Ali Shaukat, DSP Sikandar Azam, SHO Rashid Habib, SHO Khalid Bashir, SHO Naveed Atif, SHO Chaudhry Arshad, HC Khurram Mushtaq, DFC Nazakat Jatt, wrestler Sarfaraz, DFC Mirza Zulfiqar Jaral, DFC Khalid Siddique, DFC Sagheer Qureshi, carried out a special task.
Earlier on April 19, Mirpur police claimed to have arrested Interpol Arshad Balo.
According to the police, Balo was involved in heroin and synthetic weed smuggling at the international level and had established an organized group in Azad Kashmir to smuggle heroin to the United Kingdom (UK).
Police said that he was involved in more than 12 cases of drug trafficking, attempted murder, and murder.
“His accomplice Qaiser was sentenced to 17 years in prison, while Arshad Balo fled Britain in 2015 and was evading law enforcement agencies in a drug trafficking case,” the police statement said.
