Sahir Hasan case: Chemical examination report of drugs submitted in court

KARACHI: Police submitted chemical examination report of drugs recovered from Sahir Hasan, in court in drug recovery case on Thursday.

The drug recovered from Sahir Hasan verified as weed.

Police officials said that 557 grams of weed recovered from the possession of accused Sahir Hasan when he was arrested.

Chemical examination report confirmed that the drug, recovered from the accused was original weed, which was imported from California. “This drug was sold at Rs. 15,000 per gram”.

“The quantity of the drug recovered from Sahir Hasan has market value of over 8.6 million rupees,” police officials said.

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday referred bail petition of Sahir Hasan, the son of renowned actor Sajid Hasan, in drug recovery case to the constitutional bench.

Petitioner’s lawyer earlier told the court that the accused has been in jail on judicial remand.

Police said that the accused was arrested on February 22 with five packets of weed in possession.

Sahir Hasan, who is under arrest in connection with Mustafa Amir murder case, earlier revealed that students ordering drugs through smartphone applications, which are then delivered to specific locations.

He denied allegations that they directly supply narcotics to educational institutions, stating that students themselves place orders online. He also claimed that they befriend students at colleges and universities, who then become addicted to narcotics.

He further said that initially, only few students buy narcotics however the circle then expands across universities and colleges.

SSP Shoaib Memon, investigating the case, said two major groups are involved in the narcotics trade in Karachi, one group smuggles drugs from California, while the other sells Iranian narcotics. The police have launched a crackdown on these groups, with a focus on the Iranian group.