Police constable held with 12 kg of hashish in car fuel tank
Excise officers in Charsadda arrested police constable Mehr Gul on 16 September 2026 after finding 12 kg of hashish hidden in two compartments inside his car's fuel tank near the Prang graveyard on Nowshera Road. A case was registered at the Charsadda excise police station.
The Excise Intelligence Squad and Excise Police Charsadda, acting on a tip-off, stopped
a car near the Prang graveyard on Nowshera Road in a joint operation on Wednesday 16
September 2026 and foiled an attempt to smuggle hashish.[1][2]A search found 12,000
grams of hashish concealed in two specially built compartments inside the vehicle’s
fuel tank.[1][2]
The suspect
The driver, Mehr Gul of Sadokhel in Mohmand district, was identified as a police
constable and arrested at the scene.[1]Excise officials registered a case against
him at the excise police station in Charsadda, and an investigation and legal
proceedings were under way.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
12 kg
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Dawndawn.comPoliceman held for smuggling hashish in Charsadda
UA.NEWSua.newsMan detained in Pakistan after 12 kg of hashish seized — Dawn
Open questions the AI reported
Reports differ on whether the suspect was a serving police constable or possessed evidence indicating an alleged connection to the Mohmand district police.
Where the hashish came from and where it was headed was not reported.
Whether the constable was suspended, charged in court or convicted was not reported.
Hazara Police recovered more than 100 kilograms of hashish during a 15-day division-wide crackdown targeting drug-trafficking networks. Regional Police Officer Jahanzaib Nazir Khan said the campaign also netted illegal weapons, dismantled vehicle-theft gangs and arrested hundreds of offenders.
Pakistan Customs stopped a carrot truck at its Digital Enforcement Station in Khurkhera on the RCD Highway on 8 November 2026 and found 51 kg of hashish in hidden compartments. The driver was arrested, and Customs valued the hashish and vehicle at Rs239.5 million.
The Anti-Narcotics Force arrested 15 suspected traffickers in ten operations across Pakistan and reported 50.702 kg of narcotics, of which 21.5 kg was hashish and cannabis. The cannabis seizures ran from 500 grams in Islamabad to 18 kg of hashish in Mianwali, and cases were registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997.
The Anti-Narcotics Force arrested eight suspects, including three women, in nine operations across Pakistan on 5 November 2026, seizing 152.997 kg of narcotics of which 41.525 kg was hashish and weed. Cases were registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, with investigations continuing.
