The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), while conducting an operation in the Sheikupura area, managed to foil a drug smuggling bid and recovered 49.5 kgs of drugs worth millions of rupees from two vehicles, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Tuesday.  Acting on a tip-off, he said that ANF Punjab set up a checkpoint near Sheikhupura and checked two suspicious vehicles. 

Upon search, a total of 43 kg 200 grams of hashish and 6 kg 300 grams of methamphetamine (ice) were recovered from both vehicles.  Along with the drugs, a 30-bore pistol was also recovered. A case has been registered against the three arrested suspects, who belong to Peshawar, Swat, and Mohmand, under the Narcotics Control Act, and further investigations are underway. 

 Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)