KARACHI: Pakistan Customs Preventive has seized a huge quantity of drugs worth million of rupees.
According to the source, a joint team of the Customs Preventive and Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge quantity of heroin and cocaine worth million of rupees as well as have arrested two suspects.
The team arrested two foreign bound passengers identified as Waseem Ahmed, a resident of Sheikarpura and Dur Muhammad, a resident of Kashmore, at Jinnah International Airport. The team recovered 200 gram heroin and 3.64 gram methamphetamine from them who were leaving for Jeddah by Saudi Airline Flight No SV-705, informed the sources.
In another team in the collaboration with the Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested a passenger namely Sheikh Muhammad Akhtar at the departure lounge of the Jinnah International Airport, the sources added.
The sources informed that the officer searched the luggage and recovered 334 gram heroin concealed in the trolley bag.
The culprit was intended to go to Colombo by Air Lanka Flight No UL-184. Yet in another raid, a passenger named Muhammad Amin Ghaffar, a resident of Karachi, was intercepted while he was going to Uganda by Flight No EK-604. The officers, in body search, recovered 30 gram cocaine concealed in his trousers.
The FIRs have been filed against the suspects whereas further investing is underway. The seized drugs are worth million of rupees in the international market.
It is pertinent to mention here that due to the recent incident of smuggling of a huge quantity of heroin, the customs as well as the other law enforcement agencies have joined hands to roots out smuggling from the country.
