Countrywide campaign commenced to purge educational institutions from drugs: ANF director

Islamabad: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in coordination with other law enforcement agencies has launched a nationwide comprehensive campaign to purge educational institutions from drugs.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monday, Director Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) Syed Sajeel Haider said that eradication of drugs from educational institutions is the top priority of his organisation.

He said that the ANF conducted over five thousand awareness sessions in educational institutions under its public awareness campaign this year.

Haider further said the ANF recovered over one hundred thousand kilograms of drugs worth $6.5 billion from smugglers and apprehended over 1,400 culprits during its operation across the country this year.

The Director of ANF said more than two thousand addicts were also rehabilitated at the Rehabilitation Centers of ANF. He said the ANF also destroyed opium crops from 1115 acres of land in the country.