Independent report
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested 14 suspects, including a woman, and seized approximately 158 kilogrammes of narcotics worth Rs28.2 million during 10 operations in different cities across the country.
The operations targeted domestic, inter-provincial and international drug trafficking networks.
In Quetta, 60kg of hashish was recovered from a vehicle during an intelligence-based operation near Kuchlak Bypass, leading to the arrest of one suspect.
In Peshawar, ANF recovered 22.8kg of opium from a vehicle near Gul’s Garden on University Road and arrested two suspects. In a separate operation near Motorway Chowk on Ring Road, 10.8kg of hashish was recovered from a truck, where the drugs had been concealed beneath the driving seat. One suspect was arrested.
In Mansehra, three individuals were arrested after 12kg of hashish was recovered from a vehicle at Kotkay Bridge on Balakot Road. In Gojra, Toba Tek Singh district, one suspect was arrested with 7kg of crystal methamphetamine (ice) recovered from a truck on Mochi Wala Road.
In Karachi, 10.4kg of cannabis was seized from a vehicle near Simon Chowrangi in the SITE area, and two suspects were arrested.
Under its inter-provincial interdiction operations, ANF recovered 13.2kg of hashish concealed in wooden planks loaded on a truck near the Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza, arresting one suspect. In another operation at the same toll plaza, 12kg of hashish was recovered from a vehicle’s spare tyre, and one suspect was arrested.
In Karachi, 7.6kg of lamps made from crystal methamphetamine were recovered from a parcel destined for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the cargo office of Jinnah International Airport. A woman suspect was arrested during the subsequent investigation.
At Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, 2.220kg of heroin was seized from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Malaysia.
Cases have been registered against the arrested suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, and further investigations are underway.
