Karachi court sends 'ice' peddler to jail for one year.

Byline: Naeem Sahoutara

A Karachi court on Tuesday awarded one-year jail imprisonment to a convicted drug peddler who was found guilty of selling 'ice' - a dangerous drug - to students in the metropolis.

Rohail Shakeel was found guilty of selling the notorious substance in the Defence Housing Authority and arrested in 2018.

The model criminal trial court (Karachi-South) judge Kamran Atta Soomro found that the prosecution successfully proved the charge against the accused.

The judge awarded 16-months imprisonment to the accused and also imposed a fine of Rs11,000.

According to police, the convict was arrested from Khayaban-e-Abbasi in DHA's Phase-VIII on Dec 27, 2018. Police had also recovered 110 grams of the 'ice' drug and 150 grams of hashish from his possession.

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