A Pakistani man’s arrest uncovered a gang that was smuggling drugs to the United Kingdom in lehengas. They must have misunderstood the idea of a ‘lit wedding’ based on these drug-laced lehengas.
The suspect identified as Najam Rafique was arrested in Dadyal. Najam was caught in possession of several packs of heroin hidden inside lehengas.
Not how you’d want your lehenga laced. All the lehengas were going to be sent to the UK.
Turns out Najam is part of an international drug network which is trafficking drugs to the UK.
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Infamous heroin smuggler who goes by Mushtaq Nawabi is a major part of this international drug gang. Mushtaq is currently hiding out in Dubai.
Police officer Faisal Siddique (SHO) said that the arrest was made based on a tip-off that Nawabi has been transporting drugs hidden in lehengas to the UK.
Police caught Najam Rafique en route from Sehnsa to Dadyal in Azad Kashmir, with the drug-laced lehengas on hand on February 27, 2020.
Drug-Laced Lehengas
Najam was traveling via a motorcycle when he was stopped in his tracks and arrested. The five lehengas in his possession were laced with 1.5 kg of heroin.
Once arrested he spilled the tea on the drug smuggling operation. He said:
“In total ten lehengas were to be sent to the UK with the drugs inside them.
Turns out he had successfully sent three drug-laced lehengas to the UK. Police are now trying to track the family that took the formal wear abroad.
“Three of them have already been trafficked to the UK via a family, whom we are tracing, while the remaining two lehengas are in an unknown house in Kotli.”
International Drug Network
Najam’s arrest was just one in a series of raids to bust this international drug network. While this gang is run by Mushtaq Nawabi, the mastermind is his son-in-law Hafiz Mansoor Sultani from Kotli.
Hafiz Mansoor is also residing and hiding in Dubai, along with another gang member, Habib Shah. Habib Shah is originally a resident of Pang Peeran in the area of Kotli.
During a police press conference, DSP Nadeem Arif and Faisal Siddique stated that the suspects connected with this drug operation target poor people to work for them.
“Najam Rafique has received Rs 5 lakhs (£2,500) commission for the ten lehengas from Mansoor Sultani.”
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Sometimes people are offered transport ‘gifts‘ in exchange for money. Sometimes people don’t even realized they’re being used.
“There are bad people working in these kind of gangs who lure people to carry the illegal drugs in the ‘gifts’ for them …Often, the people taking the gifts do not even know what could be concealed inside them … When caught you can end up in a lot of trouble with the law both here and the UK.”
