LORALAI: Police in Loralai have conducted a targeted operation to destroy illegally cultivated narcotics in the Aakli Beirgun Laghi area.
The action was launched on the directives of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malik Muhammad Asghar. A police team, supervised by SDPO Karim Mandokhail and SHO Muhammad Akram Hamzazai, destroyed poppy fields and confiscated equipment used in the illegal cultivation.
SSP Asghar stated that narcotics are a serious social evil and that the police will continue their crackdown without any interruption. He also noted that all local landlords had been formally warned beforehand against engaging in such illegal activities.
In a separated development the district administration has carried out a stringent anti-encroachment drive, demolishing illegally established settlements in the Katoi, Ghazgi, and Shah Kareez camps.
Deputy Commissioner Miran Baloch confirmed the operation, which was supervised by Assistant Commissioner Nadeem Akram and SDPO Karim Mandokhel. As part of the ongoing efforts, authorities have now repatriated a total of 18,203 Afghan nationals.
To prevent the re-emergence of illegal camps, the administration has imposed a complete ban on new construction in these areas. Landlords who rent property to individuals without legal documentation face legal action under the Foreign Act of 1946.
The repatriation of the Afghan immigrants continues in many districts across Balochistan.
The Quetta district administration has excluded 35 thousand Afghan national so far.
The Deputy Commissioner Quetta Mehrullah Badini has said that according to the directives of the government of Pakistan, the repatriation campaign of the Afghan nationals is continued stepwise and in an organized way.
He further said that we are keeping in view humanitarian compassion, legal codes and the government policy so that no group is troubled.
