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Pakistan’s
Asif arrested in Dubai on drugs charges
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been arrested
at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs,
cricket officials said Tuesday.
 The
25-year-old Asif was seized while returning home from
India after featuring in a domestic event which ended
on Sunday, said the Pakistan Cricket Board officials.
“Yes,
we can confirm about Asif’s arrest. He was stopped
at Dubai airport on charges of carrying opium and was
supposed to be brought before the magistrate on Tuesday,”
the official said.
PCB
human resources director Nadeem Akram said he was in
Dubai and has also hired a lawyer to assist Asif.
“I am in Dubai as part of the PCB’s efforts
to get Asif cleared. As far as we know a contraband
item was in his wallet which he himself did not know
and it’s in a very small quantity,” Akram
told AFP by telephone. Full
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