RAWALPINDI: Th
e Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a large quantity of drugs weighing 4.76 tonnes – worth Rs 14.5 billion in the international market.
According to ANF officials, six operations were conducted at Qilla Abdullah, Karachi, Khairpur, Laho
re, Peshawar and Shekhupu
ra – from which drugs comprised of 26.6 kg Hashish, 1.3 kg Heroin, 3,537.6 kg Opium and 1,201 kg Amphetamine were seized.
Six persons have been sent behind bars and the anti-narcotics teams impounded three v
ehicles – being used in the smuggling of thes
e drugs. The ANF Quetta recovered 3,534 kg Opium and 1,201 kg Amphetamine from General Area Killi Roghani Tehsil Chaman, District Qilla Abdullah.
The ANF Karachi, Laho
re, Peshawar recovered 20 kg Hashish, 750 gram Heroine, 3.6 Opium, 6 kg Hashish and 70 capsules – weighing 550 gram – of Heroin and netted th
e drug smugglers.
All cases had been registered at respective ANF police stations and further investigation was underway.
