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pedlar

‘one might say that a pedlar is one who trades as he travels as distinct from one who merely travels to trade.’ The significance is that a pedlar requires a pedlar's certificate but not a street trading licence.

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Rawalpindi -- Police have launched a massive crackdown against drug peddlers and held 13 suppliers including the notorious drug seller Mama Jamil from various areas of the city.

Police seize drugs, liquor; arrest 13 suppliers

KARACHI -- On the directives of Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla, a vigorous campaign against drug peddlers is going on across the province.

Excise Special Task Force arrested an accused and recovered 3 kg heroin

Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control and Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Kumar Chawla has asked the officers to take all possible efforts against drug peddlers especially those who are found involved in selling drugs near educational institutions.

Sindh Excise Department moves against drug peddlers across the province - Press Note issued by Information and Archives Department

SAHIWAL -- The city police of Sahiwal has launched crackdown against drug pushers and arrested five drug peddlers.

Five drug pushers held

Summary: Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 (ANI): Three drug peddlers beat up a minor boy and forced acid in his mouth for not following their orders to bring a narcotic substance, Swaran Singh, Circle Officer Aliganj said.

Lucknow: Drug peddlers beat minor, force acid in his mouth

FAISALABAD -- Drug peddler opened fire outside the church, leaving a woman dead.

Woman dies outside church in firing incident

Meanwhile a peddler named Yusuf was assaulted and beaten very badly.

A brawl breaks out during operation carried out against peddlers (2)

"The Peddler's Bed" is a delicious story for children, rich with humor and warm with compassion.

The Peddler's Bed

The United States, of course, drew the greatest number of Jewish immigrants overall, and it also saw the fullest manifestation of many of the features of peddler life.

Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way

After a peddler is arrested, the children of New York, sympathetic to the pushcart peddlers, take up the cause, deflating many more tires.

The Pushcart War

The state police was shocked after Prudent Media, a local channel, aired the confession of an Israeli drug- peddler. The alleged drug- peddler, David Griham, who was earlier arrested by Goa's anti- narcotic cell ( ANC), accused Shirodkar of stealing drugs from those in court custody and selling it back to the peddlers.

Goa cops in drugs sting net

In this long but engrossing novel, an unsavory peddler takes advantage of such women, promising to take their babies to the Coram Hospital for a fee, but instead burying most of the little bodies by the roadside.