MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In a significant breakthrough, the Mirpur police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a notorious international drug trafficker, Raja Arshad Balo, who was wanted by Interpol.
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 statement said.
A special team was formed to arrest the famous Arshad Balo, consisting of SHO Mangla Police Station Khalid Bashir, DFC Nazakat Jatt, CIA Staff Mirpur, DFC Mangla Police Station Javed Basra, and Raja Zaheer.
The development came during a recent crackdown against drug dealers. SSP Mirpur Khawar Ali Shaukat started operations and arrested more than 170 drug dealers in 3 months, police said.
