Crime
ANF seizes 56 kg drugs in four operations
Separate cases have been registered under the Anti-Narcotics Act against the arrested accused.
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Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting four operations across the country managed to recover 56 kg of drugs and arrested seven accused, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Friday.
He informed that ANF foiled a drug smuggling bid through a luxury vehicle and recovered 30 kg heroin recovered from a Toyota Land Cruiser intercepted near Motorway Toll Plaza Islamabad.
During the operation, five 30-bore pistols with magazines were also recovered. Two accused residents of Khyber and Peshawar were arrested on the spot.
In another operation, 14.4 kg hashish was recovered from a vehicle near Qamar Deen Park Lahore while two accused were arrested. On the plantation of the arrested person, two other accused including a woman were also arrested.
While in the third operation, 9.6 kg of hashish was recovered from the possession of a bike rider.
An Afghan resident was arrested during a raid on a house near Yaro Railway Track in Quetta. 2 kg of Ice drug 190 liters of hydrochloric acid and different types of prohibited powder were recovered from the house which was being used to store drugs.
Separate cases have been registered under the Anti-Narcotics Act against the arrested accused while further investigations are under process.
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