Editor Report
RAWALPINDI:The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), conducting 10 operations across the country, recovered as many as 28.39 kilograms of drugs worth over Rs 107.1 million and arrested 7 suspects, including 2 women, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman on Monday.He informed that 6 capsules of 215 grams of cocaine were recovered from the stomach of a passenger going to Jeddah at Islamabad International Airport.In another operation,13 kg of ice hidden in books was recovered from a parcel sent to Australia at a courier office in Lahore.As many as 4 kg of hashish and 510 grams of ice were recovered from a motorcycle-riding suspect on Kala Khatai Road, Sheikhupura.Similarly,3.6 kg of hashish was recovered from the possession of a female passenger near Charsadda Road, Peshawar.As much as 3.2 kg of ice hidden in jackets was recovered from a vehicle in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi and the accused was arrested.During another operation,256 grams of ice and 156 grams of heroin were recovered from the possession of a female passenger going in a vehicle from Jacobabad to Sukkur.As many as 2.038 kg of heroin and 732 grams of ice were recovered near Machar Colony, Karachi.One hundred grams of ice were recovered from a juicer machine hidden in a parcel sent to Kasur from a courier office in Peshawar.
As many as 440 grams of opium hidden in a beauty cream were recovered in a parcel booked from Peshawar at a courier office in Mehran Town, Karachi and the accused was arrested.Similarly,15 ecstasy pills were recovered from a parcel at a courier office in Rawalpindi, and the accused was arrested.
Cases have been registered against the arrested suspects under the Narcotics Control Act, and further investigations are underway.
