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RAWALPINDI, Dec 20 (APP):Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has intensified its crackdown against drug traffickers, conducting seven operations across the country, including areas around educational institutions and major cities.
During the operations, ANF arrested four drug suppliers and recovered 1,467.455 kilograms of narcotics worth more than Rs 403 million.
According to ANF spokesperson on Saturday, special attention is given to drug interdiction near educational institutions.
During an operation near a university in Jamshoro, the ANF recovered four kilograms of hashish from the possession of drug pusher.
During interrogation, the supplier confessed to supplying drugs to students of educational institutions.
In international drug interdiction efforts, the ANF foiled attempts to smuggle narcotics abroad.
At the cargo shed of Allama Iqbal International Airport, 35 grams of heroin were recovered from parcels concealed in the bags of three women bound for the United Kingdom.
In another operation at the General Post Office (GPO) Lahore, the ANF seized 1.3 kilograms of ice hidden in clothes from a parcel destined for Australia.
Under domestic drug interdiction operations, the ANF recovered 120 grams of cocaine from a car parked in the basement of a shopping mall in Lahore and arrested two accused.
In a separate operation near Khalil Abad in District Kech, the ANF seized 99 kilograms of ice, 73 kilograms of hashish, and 50 kilograms of opium from a vehicle, and apprehended the accused.
In yet another operation near Qila Abdullah, Peer Alizai, the ANF recovered 1,000 kilograms of hashish.
Similarly, in Hazarganj area of District Quetta, 240 kilograms of heroin were seized during an operation.
The ANF spokesperson said that cases were registered against the arrested suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act (CNSA), 1997, and further investigations were underway.