HYDERABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2026) The Hyderabad police have declared the arrest of 29 manufacturers and sellers of mainpuri and gutka who were rounded up in a span of 24 hours.The police spokesman informed here on Saturday that the arrests were made in raids conducted in the limits of different police stations in the city.According to him, the suspects had been booked in 32 FIRs under the Sindh Prohibition of Preparation, Manufacturing, Storage, Sale and Use of Gutka and Mainpuri Act, 2019.The police have shown recovery of around 4,600 sachets from the apprehended suspects.
Meanwhile, the Phuleli police arrested 2 suspects and recovered 8.116 kilograms of hashish from their possession.The spokesman told that during the snap checking of vehicles at Good Naka intersection the police spotted suspects travelling in a Toyota Corolla car.He added that the vehicle was stopped and upon checking the police recovered hashish from that car.He informed that the 2 suspects, Abdul Wali Khan and Zakirullah Khan, were later booked in an FIR on the state’s complaint under Narcotics Control Act.