KARACHI: Police in Karachi say alleged cocaine trafficker Anmol alias Pinky built a loose, mobile and carefully layered narcotics network that helped her dodge investigators for years — partly because, according to officials, she avoided keeping anyone on her payroll for long.
South Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza described the 31-year-old suspect as “clever and street-smart”, saying she allegedly used temporary riders, changing suppliers and online communication instead of a fixed gang structure. That, police believe, made the network harder to pin down.
Anmol, who was arrested earlier this month, is facing multiple narcotics cases, along with a murder case. On Friday, a court sent her to jail on 14-day judicial remand after her physical remand ended in cases registered at Baghdadi, SIU/CIA, Gizri and Darakhshan police stations. The court also directed investigation officers to submit charge-sheets once their probes are complete.
DIG Raza told Dawn that Anmol’s alleged operation used a network of 35 riders across the country to supply cocaine to customers. Around nine or ten of those riders, he said, had been arrested in Karachi’s Clifton and Defence areas.
The police claim the entire business largely ran online. Orders were allegedly received through WhatsApp, customers were sent bank account details for payment, and screenshots were used as proof before deliveries were made. It sounds almost casual on the surface — a message, a payment, a rider — but investigators say it was a well-practised system.
According to DIG Raza, Anmol allegedly started her own network in Lahore after separating from her former husband Rana Nasir, whom police also describe as an alleged drug dealer. Police say she later returned to Karachi with a SIM card containing names of dealers, buyers and riders, and within a few months began building her own supply chain.
Investigators also allege that Anmol learnt how to mix chemicals into cocaine to increase its quantity. Police claim 200 grams of cocaine could be increased to around 500 grams through this process, and that she marketed her own “brand” at Rs40,000 per gram, while lower-quality cocaine was allegedly selling for Rs20,000 to Rs30,000 per gram.
The case has widened beyond Karachi. South Zone police have sought permission from the Sindh government to send a team to Punjab for the arrest of 15 co-suspects, including Anmol’s former husbands, brothers and alleged drug carriers. Police also named two women, Beesal Emika alias Anna and Humaira Chinonso Solomon, as alleged links between Pinky and an international drug cartel.
The investigation has also moved into financial and digital territory. DIG Raza said police have contacted Punjab police, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency for digital forensics, the FIA for bank transaction records, the Anti-Narcotics Force and Nadra. Money-laundering proceedings were initiated at Karachi’s Commercial Banking Circle on May 18, he added.
Police say two properties linked to Anmol in Gwadar and Karachi have been seized, while two bank accounts have been frozen. Investigators also found 868 contacts linked to her phone record: 311 traced to Karachi, 49 to Lahore, 66 to other locations, 16 international numbers, while 383 numbers were switched off.
The figures are striking, but the case is still at the allegation stage. Anmol has previously denied the accusations in court, saying the cases against her were false. Her lawyers are expected to contest the police version as the cases move forward.
For now, the police are trying to show that this was not just another street-level drug arrest. Their case is that Anmol alias Pinky allegedly ran a flexible, WhatsApp-driven cocaine supply network spread across cities — and that the absence of permanent staff was not a weakness, but part of the design.
