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Two influential women accused of drug trafficking escaped from police custody in Sukkur.
Police said Naseema Khoso and Zakia Khoso had been arrested a day earlier during an operation against drug dealers in Khoso Goth. During the grand operation against narcotics sellers, police arrested 19 suspects, including two women, and recovered a large quantity of drugs from their possession. All the suspects had been placed in the lock-up at Site police station.
Police officials said raids were under way for the re-arrest of the escaped women. Two other women allegedly linked to the drug trade, Zahida Khoso and Abida Khoso, had also been arrested.
Sukkur SSP Azhar Mughal said an inquiry was under way into how the women escaped from custody, while action was being taken against officials found involved in the escape.
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