In Pakistan, police report Pinky’s arrest in drug case — Dawn

In Karachi, Pakistan, Sindh provincial police and the federal intelligence agency reported on May 12 the detention of a woman nicknamed Pinky. According to Dawn, law enforcement officials said they detained her at an apartment in the Garden area. Police considered the woman wanted in 28 cases related to drugs, illegal weapons and violent crimes.

The task force claims it seized about 1.5 kg of cocaine, packaging materials, airtight metal cans, other drugs, and a 9 mm pistol with ten rounds from the apartment. Law enforcement estimated the value of the cocaine at up to 30 million Pakistani rupees. According to one version, information about the woman’s whereabouts was provided by her former husband.

During her transfer to the court complex at Karachi Central Prison on May 17, Pinky denied the official version of her detention. She stated that she had allegedly been taken from Lahore and brought to Karachi 22 days earlier.

Case concerning a man’s death

On April 7, police found the body of an unidentified man on a sidewalk near a school in the Lyari area. He had a sealed can bearing an inscription that included the nickname Pinky. A toxicology examination later found traces of cocaine in it, and on May 9 police registered a murder case and named Pinky in the case materials.

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Later, a PDF file allegedly containing 326 phone numbers from her smartphone and people’s personal data spread online. It was ultimately stated that this list was fake.

Investigators’ version of the distribution scheme

According to case materials cited by Dawn, the supplier of the cocaine was Nigerian citizen Chike Ochuba Chinwuba. According to investigators, the drug was delivered to Sialkot and from there to Lahore. Police also believe that orders were taken via WhatsApp and payments were made to intermediaries’ accounts.

Law enforcement officials claim that mainly female couriers travelling by bus were involved in transporting drugs to Karachi. Pinky’s brother, Shaukat, according to investigators, received the parcels in Karachi and distributed them through couriers. At the same time, the police officer investigating the case described Pinky as a mid-level player rather than the head of a large drug network.