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Pakistani global drug-trafficking kingpin arrested in London

By: Eastern Eye Staff

 A Pakistani man suspected of being the leader of a global drug production and distribution syndicate has been arrested in the UK, following investigations by the National Crime Agency and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Officers from the NCA and the Metropolitan Police detained Pakistani national Mohammad Asif Hafeez, 58, at an address in North London on Friday morning.   He is wanted in the United States to face charges of conspiring to import drugs and will now face extradition.  Hafeez is alleged to have been the head of an international network involved in manufacturing and distributing large quantities of…

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