LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs team deputed at Allama Iqbal International Airport (AIIA) with the assistance of Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a drug smuggling bid.
Sources told Customs Today, that Collector Azmat Tahira directed customs teams to adopt zero tolerance policy against smuggling of narcotics. The customs team started checking of passengers who were being departed for Qatar.
Sources told that during search of a passenger’s luggage. The customs team recovered 9.04 kilograms of heroin. The heroin was tactfully concealed at the bottom of a trolley bag.
The passenger who was identified as Tasawar Ijaz, is a resident of Rawalpindi, was about to board Qatar Airways’ Milan-bound flight, QR-629.
The alleged smuggler was taken to the ASF control room and after an initial investigation, he was handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for further legal action as per the relevant anti-narcotics law.
On November 22, the ANF had foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics to the United Kingdom (UK) at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore. The parcel containing drugs was booked via a private courier company for the UK and on being scanned, it emerged that the package carried 13 kilograms of drugs.
