RAWALPINDI, Nov 05 (APP):The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Thursday conducted nine operations across the country and seized 152.997 kg of narcotics, arresting eight suspects, including three women. In operations targeting drug trafficking around educational institutions, ANF recovered 200 grams of hashish from a motorcyclist near a college in Attock and 125 grams from another suspect near a college on Fateh Jang Road. According to an ANF spokesperson, the arrested suspects …
ANF seizes over 152 kg of drugs in nine operations, arrests eight suspects
RAWALPINDI, Nov 05 (APP):The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Thursday conducted nine operations across the country and seized 152.997 kg of narcotics, arresting eight suspects, including three women.
In operations targeting drug trafficking around educational institutions, ANF recovered 200 grams of hashish from a motorcyclist near a college in Attock and 125 grams from another suspect near a college on Fateh Jang Road.
According to an ANF spokesperson, the arrested suspects confessed to selling drugs to students of educational institutions.
During international drug interdiction operations, the force recovered 5kg of ice concealed in clothes inside the luggage of a passenger travelling to Jeddah for Umrah at Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar. The passenger was arrested.
In Lahore, 90kg of ice soaked into 75 women’s suits was recovered from a parcel destined for Australia at a courier office in Gulberg. Another 162 grams of ice was seized from a parcel bound for New Zealand at a private courier office on Spinny Road, Quetta.
In inter-provincial operations, ANF seized 36kg of hashish, 12kg of opium and 2kg of ice from a rickshaw near Lilliani Toll Plaza, Kasur, arresting two suspects.
At the Motorway Toll Plaza, Islamabad, 2.310kg of ice and 1kg of hashish were recovered from two female passengers travelling on public transport. Another 1.2kg of hashish was seized from a female suspect near Terkai Toll Plaza, Sohawa, Jhelum.
In a separate domestic operation, 3kg of weed was recovered from an abandoned bag near a bus terminal on Shahrah-e-Pakistan, Karachi.
Cases have been registered against the arrested suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, and further investigation is underway.
