RAWALPINDI, Oct 19 (APP):The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday arrested nine suspects, including a woman, and seized 94.22 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 25.8 million in eight operations across the country. According to an ANF spokesperson, eight cocaine-filled capsules weighing 160 grams were recovered from the abdomen of a passenger travelling to Jeddah at Islamabad Airport. The suspect was arrested. In another operation at the airport, 4,350 ecstasy tablets …
ANF arrests 9 suspects, seizes 94.22kg drugs worth Rs 25.8m nationwide
RAWALPINDI, Oct 19 (APP):The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday arrested nine suspects, including a woman, and seized 94.22 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 25.8 million in eight operations across the country.
According to an ANF spokesperson, eight cocaine-filled capsules weighing 160 grams were recovered from the abdomen of a passenger travelling to Jeddah at Islamabad Airport. The suspect was arrested.
In another operation at the airport, 4,350 ecstasy tablets weighing 2.75 kilograms were recovered from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Dubai.
During an operation near Fateh Jang Toll Plaza, 26.4 kilograms of hashish were seized from a vehicle, and a suspect was apprehended.
Near Head Muhammad Wala Toll Plaza in Multan, 1.2 kgs of hashish and two kgs of ice were recovered from a vehicle, leading to the arrest of two suspects.
In another operation near Rawalpindi Toll Plaza, 1.81 kgs of methamphetamine (ice) concealed in two Ihram garments and 500 grams of ice contained in two bottles were seized from a suspect.
Near a bus stop on Naval Anchorage Road in Islamabad, 7.2 kgs of hashish were recovered from a man and a woman.
In Lahore, 2.2 kgs of hashish were seized from a motorcyclist near Sharifpura Road, while 20 kgs of hashish and 30 kgs of opium were recovered near Dalbandin in Chagai district.
Cases have been registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, and further legal proceedings are underway.
