PESHAWAR: The residents of Kheshgi Payan Union Council in Nowshera district on Saturday asked the police high-ups to order action against drug pushers as the local cops were not doing so.Some local elders and public representatives of various villages falling in the jurisdiction of Nowshera Kalan Police Station said dozens of youths have started using ice, hashish and other narcotics due to their open sale.Wakeel Khan, a resident of Kheshgi Payan Village Council, said that officials at local police post were well aware of the drug-peddlers and their dens but for certainreasons the police had given free hand to the anti-social elements.Khalid Khan, a resident of Zamandzai, said the cops had confined themselves to the police post and there was no patrolling to provide security to the people and check the sale of drugs.He said that one could not move on the main Kheshgi-Nowshera road at night time due to insecurity and risk of robberies.Omar Hayat, an elder of Baba Jee Killay, said that the residents had voted for the candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf but the local MNAs and MPAs had turned a blind eye to the areas to redress their grievances.They warned that the people would protest near the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly if action was not taken against drug peddlers and sellers in their area.
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