Four arrested as Rawalpindi police seize 8.1 kg of hashish
Rawalpindi police arrested four alleged suppliers in separate Westridge, Civil Lines, Pirwadhai and Taxila operations, seizing 2.6 kg, 2.2 kg, 2.1 kg and 1.2 kg of hashish totalling 8.1 kg. Police registered separate cases against all four suspects and said further action was being taken against drug trafficking.
🇵🇰 Rawalpindi · Pakistan
Arrested
4
Cannabis
8.1 kg
Rawalpindi police arrested four alleged drug suppliers in separate operations
across the district and recovered more than eight kilograms of hashish.[1]Westridge, Civil Lines, Pirwadhai and Taxila police each arrested one of the
four suspects in separate operations.[1]Police registered separate cases
against all four arrested suspects.[2]
Westridge police arrested a drug supplier.[1]Westridge police recovered 2.6
kilograms of hashish from his possession.[1]Civil Lines police apprehended
another suspect with hashish.[1]The Civil Lines seizure was 2.2 kilograms of
hashish.[1]Pir Wadhai police arrested a drug dealer.[2]The Pir Wadhai
seizure was 2 kilograms and 100 grams of hashish.[2]Taxila police arrested a
drug supplier.[1]Taxila police recovered 1.2 kilograms of hashish.[1]Together the four station-level recoveries total 8.1 kilograms of hashish,
described by police as more than eight kilograms.[2]
Police said further action was being taken to curb drug trafficking in the
district.[1]The four operations were reported across Rawalpindi district.[1]
The articles give no separate date for the four raids; 4 November 2026 is the earliest publication date and is used as the incident date, while TNS republished the same account on 5 November 2026.
No names, ages or further case outcomes for the four accused were published beyond the registration of separate cases.
The same TNS article also reports a separate Rawat rape case, which is a different event left out of this report.
The SP Saddar remark about challaning the accused with solid evidence follows the rape complaint in the TNS article, so it is left out as relating to that separate case.
Spellings differ between outlets as West Ridge and Westridge and as Pir Wadhai and Pirwadhai for the same stations.
The TNS lead image is filed only as featured_5faa21af85682_h336 with no caption establishing that it shows this seizure, and the UrduPoint image has no caption establishing that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is included.
Both accounts repeat the police and APP version; no independent account beyond that official version was opened.
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