KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky in police custody till May 22 in a narcotics case registered against her.
Anmol was arrested earlier this week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She was already booked in multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest.
Earlier in the day, magistrates of districts South, Central and Malir reserved their decisions on police requests for Anmol’s physical custody in a total of 15 cases.
Today, she was presented before Karachi Central Special Sunday Magistrate Abdul Sattar in a case registered under the Sindh Control of Narcotic Substances Act 2024 (NSA) at the Specialised Investigation Unit (SIU/CIA) police station.
The police sought her 14-day custody, but the judge approved her six-day physical remand, noting that the investigation officer’s (IO) submission was “found cogent and reasonable”.
According to the court order, available with Dawn , Anmol stated that she had been arrested in this case on May 15 and alleged “maltreatment at the hands of police”.
The judge noted the IO was required to have the suspect examined by a woman medicolegal officer and provide necessary medical treatment as advised.
Separately, a magistrate also remanded Anmol into police custody for two days in a murder case registered at the Baghdadi police station. In the rest of the 13 cases, the police sought her physical custody but were denied, as the courts sent the suspect on judicial remand.
Prior to one of her court appearances, Special Investigation Officer Darakhshan Maqbool said Anmol would be presented in “10 new cases” and four old ones. He added that her custody will be sought as the police need to nab other suspects who were on the run.
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On May 12 , the police brought Anmol before the judicial magistrate (South), who refused to hand over the custody to the police and sent her to prison on judicial remand. The next day, a district court remanded her in police custody for three days , which expired today.
Karachi Police have said a “broad-based investigation” had been launched into the case after a preliminary probe suggested the involvement of foreigners in operating the narcotics network.
Separately, the Punjab police have also woken up to three old cases registered against her and her brothers in Lahore several years ago and are reportedly planning to seek her custody from Sindh.
Following the revelations by Anmol that one of her countrywide drug supply network’s members, Tahir Saleem, belonged to Hasilpur in the Bahawalpur district, the district as well as the regional police have swung into action to nab the suspect.
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