Two arrested in Dera Ismail Khan with 2.38 kg hashish, opium, pistols
Dera police arrested two suspects in separate operations in Dera Town and Kirri Khaisour, seizing 2,380 grams of hashish plus opium and pistols. One suspect was detained in Dera Town and another in Kirri Khaisour, with cases registered and investigations under way.
🇵🇰 Dera Town and Kirri Khaisour, Dera Ismail Khan · Pakistan
- Arrested
- 2
- Cannabis
- 2.38 kg
Dera police arrested two suspects in separate operations in Dera Town and Kirri
Khaisour areas of Dera Ismail Khan.[1] In Dera Town, officers detained Awwal
Khan, son of Azam Gul and a resident of Barki Town, during a crackdown on drug
trafficking and illegal arms possession.[1] In Kirri Khaisour, officers
arrested Shakoor, son of Abdul Hameed and a resident of Malla Khel, for alleged
illegal possession of arms.[1]
From Awwal Khan’s possession, police recovered 2,380 grams of hashish, 250 grams
of opium and a 30-bore pistol with 20 rounds.[1] From Shakoor, police
recovered a 30-bore pistol with five rounds.[1] In another action in the same
Kirri Khaisour case, police recovered a second 30-bore pistol with nine rounds
while raids continued to arrest a suspect linked to that additional recovery.[1]
A case was registered against Awwal Khan and further investigation was under
way.[1] Police officials said operations against drug trafficking and illegal
weapons would continue without discrimination.[1]
Sources
- Dera Police Arrest Two Suspects, Recover Hashish, Opium And Three Pistols. UrduPoint, 2 November 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate day for the operations, so 2 November 2026 is used from its publication dateline.
- The 250 grams of opium is a non-cannabis substance in a mixed event and is excluded from the cannabis weight above.
- Only one account of this event could be opened, so no corroborating second source is cited.
- No court outcome beyond registration of a case and continuing investigation was reported.
- The source page carries a lead image whose depicted content could not be verified from its caption and surrounding text, so no media entry is listed.