Iqbal Town division SP Abid Zafar raided the police station after Faisalabad City Police Officer Sahibzada Bilal Umar saw Samanabad police released two drug peddlers.
SP Zafar found narcotics in SHO Imtiaz Ahmad’s cabinet during the raid.
More narcotics were found in other policemen’s luggage after a room check.
SHO Imtiaz, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Tayyab, constable Shahid Shaukat, and SHO’s private servant Muhammad Akhtar were detained when the Samanabad police station was sealed.
On the allegation of Factory Area police SHO Rana Attaur Rahman, they were charged under sections 9-3C and 9-5D of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 and 155-C of Police.