MULTAN: Customs authorities and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) teams at the Multan International Airport in a joint operation foiled an attempt to smuggle 2.89kgs heroine to Bahrain.
Sources told Customs Today on 14.1.2019, Multan Customs authorities intercepted a passenger at Multan International Airport during the examination of luggage. A customs team was conducting their routine examination of passenger luggage through scanning at the time of departure where they found suspected goods.
Customs teams re-examined the goods in order to clear their doubts about the luggage. During thorough examination of the passenger, Customs team found heroine of 2.89kgs which was concealed in the bottles of shampoo. The heroin was found from the luggage of passenger Muhammad Salman, a resident of Peshawar, who was trying to smuggle heroin from Multan to Bahrain through Gulf Airline flight no GF 789.
Customs teams called Anti-Narcotics Force after recovery of 2.89kg heroin and arrested the passenger on the smuggling attempt of heroin.
Worth of the seized drug was almost Rs.40 million in the international market. Passenger was shifted to an undisclosed place for interrogation. Further investigations were still under process till the filing of this report.
