Bid to smuggle drug foiled, 4.8kg hashish recovered

Peshawar: In a successful crackdown against drug smuggling, Mardan Excise Police on Monday foiled a bid to smuggle huge quantity of drug from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Punjab.

According to Police spokesman, the Excise police on a tip-off conducted a raid on Charsadda Peshawar GT Road near Khyalid Bridge and intercepted a vehicle number BA-3453.

During search of the vehicle, the police recovered 4800 grams of hashish and arrested an accused from the spot and started further investigation after registering a case.