SHC upholds life terms of six cops in drug trafficking case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has upheld the life terms handed down to six policemen by the trial court for trafficking 77 kilogrammes of hashish in their official police van from Jamshoro to Karachi. A two-judge regular bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Omar Sial, noted that the appellants were apprehended red-handed with a substantial quantity of contraband and that the chemical…
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has upheld life sentences for six policemen convicted of drug trafficking 77 kilogrammes of hashish in their official police van from Jamshoro to Karachi, according to a two-judge bench led by Justice Omar Sial. The conviction, handed down by a trial court in June 2025, followed the apprehension of the officers in July 2021, with two sacks of hashish found during an intercept by police patrolling in Clifton.
The appeal by the convicts, represented by their counsel and senior lawyer Farooq H. Naek, was dismissed by the bench, which noted that their arguments were insufficient to overturn the trial court's decision. The prosecution presented evidence including the chemical examination report confirming the seized substance was hashish and the testimony of the Boat Basin police who received a tip-off about the police van carrying the drug.
The bench emphasized that there was no reason for the police to frame their own officers and that the defense was weak and unsubstantiated.
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