Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF ) while conducting 29 operations across the country managed to recover over 1076 kgs drugs worth more than over Rs 302 million and arrested 33 drug traffickers during last five days.According to an ANF Headquarters spokesperson, in an operation at Faisal Bus Terminal near Islamabad, 2.5 kgs heroin, 2.4 kgs hashish, & 1 kg ice were recovered from the possession of three suspects.ANF also recovered 56 kgs hashish from a vehicle checked near University Road, Peshawar, and a drug trafficker was rounded up.In an operation near Garh Mor Road, Muzaffargarh, 7 kgs ice was recovered from two suspects, traveling in a truck while in another operation near DG Khan Road in Loralai, 168 kgs heroin hidden for smuggling was recovered.In a crackdown against drug traffickers near Toll Plaza Road, Mansehra, 18 kgs hashish was recovered from a vehicle and a drug smuggler was rounded up.The spokesperson further informed that in an operation, 2 kgs hashish and 7 kgs suspicious material were recovered from a parcel sent to Karachi at a Cargo Office in Rawalpindi.
Near RCD Road, Hub, 24 kgs hashish was recovered from a vehicle and two accused were arrested while in an operation near RCD Road, Hub, 64.8 kgs hashish was recovered from the secret cavities of a vehicle.
In a raid at a warehouse located on Adam G. Dawood Road, Karachi, 384 kgs potassium permanganate was recovered from the possession of a person.ANF in a crackdown against drug traffickers near a school on Adiala Road, Rawalpindi, recovered 1.2 kg hashish from two motorcyclists.The arrested suspects confessed selling drugs to the students of educational institutions.In another operation near Mandi Mor, Islamabad, 14.4 kgs hashish was confiscated from a vehicle and motorcyclists while four accused were rounded up.22.8 kgs hashish was recovered from a vehicle checked near Sabzi Mandi, Islamabad and two accused were apprehended.In an operation near Sheikhupura Toll Plaza, 22.8 kg hashish & 7.2 kg opium were recovered from secret cavities of a vehicle and a drug trafficker was apprehended.In another operation, ANF recovered 1000 grams ice drug booked at a courier office in Karachi for Australia.
3.450 kgs hashish & 950 grams ice drug were seized from the possession of two suspects rounded up during a operation conducted near Golra Mor, Islamabad.ANF Peshawar conducted a raid near Ring Road, Peshawar and recovered 96 kgs hashish & 50.400 kgs opium from a vehicle.An ANF team also conducted a raid near a university on Jhang Road, Faisalabad and recovered 8.8 kgs ice drug from the possession of an accused.The arrested accused confessed selling drugs to the students of educational institutions.
In another raid at a courier office in Karachi, 17.750 kgs ice soaked in carpet was recovered from a parcel sent from Quetta destined for Australia.From a courier office on Peshawar Ring Road, 7.2 kgs hashish was seized from a parcel destined for Lahore.In an operation near GT Road, Attock, 2.4 kgs hashish was confiscated from the possession of two women.In a crackdown in the Bonistan area of Panjgur, 36 kgs hashish hidden for smuggling was recovered.Near Colonel Sher Khan Toll Plaza, Peshawar, 16.8 kgs hashish was recovered from a vehicle and two suspects were sent behind the bars.In an operation near Iqbal Shaheed Toll Plaza, GT Road, Attock, 5.5 kgs hashish was recovered from a rickshaw and two drug traffickers were apprehended.The spokesperson informed that other raids were conducted in different areas of the country and ANF teams rounded up drug traffickers on recovery of drugs.Cases have been registered under the CNS Act against the arrested accused, informed the spokesperson.
