'Sufficient' proof available against Sanaullah: Afridi.

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday said that Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has sufficient evidence against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah which will be presented in the court of law.

Addressing a press conference along with ANF Director General Major General Arif, he said that Rana Sanaullah was arrested by the ANF after receiving a lead from a person arrested from the Faisalabad airport. He said that movements of Rana Sanaullah were being observed for last several days, and that he (Rana Sanaullh) was not stopped by the ANF at three different occasions in recent days since female members of family were travelling with him. "We salute ANF which is a professional force and observed the values and norms of the society by not stopping Rana Sanaullah when he was travelling with female members of his family," he said.

He said the ANF has all the evidence that is why it has not taken physical remand of Rana Sanaullah. "A to Z ... all the evidences will be presented in the court of law," he said. "The movement of the cars and their

numbers will also be presented in the court," he said. "But, at this stage, all the evidences cannot be shared with media as it will be dangerous for the family members of those cooperating with the ANF as people behind the smuggling are brutal and cruel," he added.

The minister said that value of the drugs recovered from Rana Sanaullah is from Rs 150 million to Rs 160 million in the international market. He said that route of the drugs recovered from Rana Sanaullh was Faisalabad to Lahore and then to the international market. "This is not the issue of 15kg of heroin only, this is the issue of Pakistan's image, dignity and sovereignty," he added.

Afridi said the PTI government has zero tolerance against criminals and that law will come into force against everyone irrespective...

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