ANF seizes over 135 kg drugs in different operations

Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting eight operations across the country managed to recover over 135 kg of drugs and arrested six accused, ANF Headquarters spokesman said on Monday.

He informed that in an operation conducted near Bahria Town Phase-IV, over 100 intoxicated tablets were recovered from the possession of an accused resident of Rawalpindi.

In another operation near Hangu Bypass, Kohat, 14.4 kg hashish was recovered.

An operation conducted at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, allowed authorities to recover 1256 grams of Ice drug and 6.5 kg of suspected material from the possession of a Saudia-bound passenger, resident of Mardan, going on flight no GF-751.

In the fourth operation conducted by ANF and Customs Department, 270 grams of hashish were recovered from a parcel booked for Bangkok at the General Post Office (GPO) in Karachi.

He informed that in the fifth operation at Faisalabad International Airport, 390 grams of heroin was recovered from the possession of a Dubai-bound passenger, a resident of Pakpattan, going on flight no FZ-392.

ANF recovered 1020 grams of Ice drug from the possession of an accused resident of Lahore, arrested from ‘Padhana’ village near Lahore. While in another operation 922 grams of heroin was recovered from a parcel booked for London at a private courier office in Lahore.

In the eighth operation conducted near the ‘Kuchlak’ Bypass, Quetta, 90 kg hashish and 20 kg heroin was recovered from a deserted area.

Separate cases have been registered against the accused while further investigations are under process, he added.