Kasur Police
Drug use test: 50 percent cops in Pakistan's Kasur test positive
Kasur: As many as 24 policemen, who were selected for a drug test, in Pakistan's Kasur district have tested positive, media reports said on Friday.
Forty-eight policemen were tested.
The drug tests of police officials are being conducted on the orders of the prime minister to bring reforms in the police department, reports Dawn News.
The Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) has issued directives to conduct the drug test of officials ranging from constables to the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officers, reported the newspaper.
Following the order, samples of 48 officials, including constables and assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs), were collected.
However, no cop above the ASI rank was listed for the drug test .
A police official, requesting anonymity, told Dawn News the process of drug test was similar to that used for declaring common suspects as addicts during the course of investigation at the police station level.
He said as most of the policemen start using drugs when they get these free of cost, so a strict system of check and balance should be in place at ‘malkhana’ level, where drugs recovered from criminals were stored before being produced in the court for conviction of the suspects.
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