An Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) continued operations and foiled the smuggling of tonnes of drugs across the country including at Islamabad international airport. ANF teams intercepted a Qatar-bound passenger, a resident of Khyber, who was trying to smuggle drugs filled with 79 capsules of heroin and 11 hashish from Islamabad. The ANF spokesperson said that in a separate raid large quantity of drugs was recovered from a car at the Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza. The anti-narcotics authorities recovered nine kg and 600 grams of hashish, 7.2 kg of opium, and two kg of ice were found while two accused were arrested. The ANF spokesperson said teams swiftly strike and foiled the smuggling of two and a half kg of heroin from Lahore to London via parcel.

The spokesman said the parcel was supposed to be sent via a private courier office in Johar Town Lahore to London. “Heroin was being sent to London hidden in blankets, women’s clothes, and utensils,” the spokesman added. Two persons were arrested for allegedly carrying 84 kg heroin on 686.1 km journey. In a separate raid, a person who wanted to send ice drugs via book parcel to Australian authorities foiled the attempt as they intercepted a private courier office in Karachi. In the raid, two kg of ice heroin was found in pipes hidden in the carpet.

As per ANF, 26 kg and 400-gram hashish were found near Karachi’s Sohrab Goth, and a woman and man accused were arrested. ANF spokesman claimed teams foiled a drugs smuggling attempt from Dera Ismail Khan to Punjab and recovered 166 kg and 800 grams of hashish and 7 kg of opium from a pick-up at Yarik Toll Plaza in DI Khan. Also, 11 kg of hashish from bags in Khyber, and 100 kg of hashish were recovered from a car on the An accused resident of Quetta was arrested while two other accused were arrested on suspicion. In a separate raid, 90 kg of hashish was recovered from the accused, a resident of Qila Abdullah near the Kuchlak bypass.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP