Drug addicts shifted to rehabilitation centre in Mingora.

MINGORA -- The district administration along with civil society members admitted 10 drugs addicts to a rehabilitation centre in Mingora after launching a grand operation against them here on Tuesday.

Led by Assistant Commissioner Ishtiaq Khan, the operation was initiated to eliminate the curse of drugs abuse in Swat. A large number of civil society members and philanthropists also took part in the operation.

'We want to eliminate every type of drugs from Swat. Initially we have started from Mingora. Today we found 10 heroin and ice addicts in different parts of Mingora. We put them in the drug rehabilitation centre so that they can recover and become good citizens,' said Ishtiaq Khan after the operation.

He said that the objectives of the operation were rehabilitation of the drugs addicts and eradication of drug abuse in Swat. He said that the operation would continue till achieving its objectives.

The official said that the drug addicts would be caught and put in the rehabilitation centres where they would undergo proper treatment and then released once they became normal.

The 10 drug edicts were admitted to Nawey Jwand rehabilitation...