ANF seizes over 36 kg drugs, arrests seven

Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Pakistan while conducting nine operations across the country managed to recover over 36 kg drugs and arrested seven accused, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Monday.

He informed that in an operation near Khana Road, Rawalpindi, an accused were arrested with 1000 grams hashish.

In second operation conducted in a deserted area of Turbat, 18 kg Ice drug concealed in bushes was recovered.

10 kg hashish was recovered from a rickshaw near Bilawal Chowrangi Clifton Karachi in third operation, while an accused resident of Karachi was also rounded up.

The spokesperson told that in another raid near Godap Town Karachi, 1.7 kg Ice drug and two kg heroin were recovered from a vehicle while an accused resident of Quetta was also netted.

ANF recovered two kg hashish from the possession of a drug smuggler, resident of Khairpur in another operation near Shakarpur road Sukkur.

The authorities had sixth operation at Bacha Khan International Airport where 101 kg heroin was recovered and Ice-filled capsules from the possession of a Bahrain-bound passenger, going on flight no GF-787.

A resident of Sheikhupura riding a bike in Gujranwala was found with 1.8 kg hashish on Gujranwala Road in seventh operation.

The spokesman informed that in eighth operation conducted at a courier office in Kot Lakhpat Lahore area, 33 grams heroin concealed in men suits was recovered. The parcel was booked for Greece.

In ninth operation conducted at Multan International Airport, a Sharjah-bound passenger, resident of Bannu, going on flight no PA-812 was rounded up on recovery of a hashish-filled capsule.

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