KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Preventive team busted huge quantity of narcotics being smuggled to foreign country after a successfully raid at Jinnah International Airport (JIAP).
According to the details, the Collector Customs Preventive Dr Iftikhar Ahmed during a press conference informed that on the tip of higher authority the Customs Preventive team staff posted at the Departure Hall of Jinnah International Airport (JIAP) Karachi after profiling selected the passengers and their luggage on suspicion of drugs smuggling.
On examination of the two bags 10 kilogram heroin powder was recovered from two Pakistani passengers husband and wife who are resident of Karachi. The drugs were cleverly concealed inside the false cavity of two suitcases. The passengers were leaving for Maldives via Dubai by a private airline. The passengers are husband and wife, both was arrested immediately, said the Collector Customs Preventive.
He said that an immediate interrogation from accused persons revealed that other two suitcases containing heroine powder for smuggling are lying at their residence. A customs raiding party headed by the Deputy Collector Airport raided the residence of the accused at night and recovered two more suitcases each containing 5 kilogram of heroin powder has also been recovered.
Collector Customs Preventive Dr Iftekhar Ahmed while addressing a press conference said that the total recovered heroin powder comes to 20 kilogram worth Rupees 20 crore in international market. This is the biggest quantity seized from any outgoing passenger by Pakistan Customs staff at International Departures JIAP, Karachi or any other agency in last 10 years.
It is also pertinent to mention that this is the first ever case in the history of Customs Collectorate of Preventive Karachi that such huge quantity has been recovered instantly in result of initial investigation a through by arrested passenger.
Further investigation regarding the person who handed over the heroin concealed suitcases to the accused persons are still underway. FIR against the arrested accused persons has been lodged in the court of law and they have been remanded in customs custody for further investigations, added Collector Customs Preventive Dr Iftikhar Ahmed.
