Daily Times

Drug Peddlers to get capital punishment or captivity. President Dr Arif Alvi’s approval of the Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Bill 2022. The bill allows Capital Punishment or life imprisonment for illicit trafficking of narcotics or psychotropic drugs.

This includes drugs of varying quantities including heroin, morphine, cocaine, and methamphetamine as known as Ice/Meth.

The Act provides a maximum punishment if the offence involves any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. If the peddler is found inside or near a school, college, university, educational premises, or any other educational institution.

After President Alvi‘s approval, the bill has become the Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2022 in terms of Article 75 of the Constitution.

The Control of Narcotic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2022, allows imprisonment which may extend to life imprisonment. However, not less than 20 years with a fine not less than Rs1 million for offences involving heroin and morphine weighing 4kg or more.

The said Act also provides a death sentence or captivity which shall not be less than life. It also includes a fine up to Rs2 million but not less than Rs1.5 million rupees for offences involving heroin or morphine weighing 6kg or more.

It allows a death sentence or life imprisonment but not less than 20 years along with a fine not less than Rs2.5 million rupees for offences involving cocaine weighing 5kg or more.

The Act also provides a death sentence or life imprisonment. Also, a fine not less than Rs2.5 million for offences involving possession of 4kg or more of psychotropic substance methamphetamine known as Ice.