PESHAWAR: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) team foiled an attempt to smuggle 15.500 kilograms of heroin worth Rs165.5 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Director Rashid Habib Khan received creditable information that a huge quantity of narcotics would be smuggled from tribal area in a Toyota Corolla car.
He said that pursuing the said information, the staff of I&I held a ‘naka’ near Motorway Toll Plaza. After passage of some time, a suspected Toyota motor car bearing registration no: LWD-9037 was spotted coming from Peshawar side. It was signaled to stop but the driver ignored the signal and sped away.
On chasing, the driver of the car abandoned his vehicle and decamped from the spot. Sources added that the vehicle was searched on the spot by the staff of drug cell and found contraband (heroin powder), tactfully concealed in secret cavities of the car.
The car was then brought to the premises of the Directorate of I&I Peshawar where thorough search led to recovery of 15.500 kilogram heroin powder which has been seized along with carrier vehicle. Sources added that the estimated value of the aforementioned seized narcotics and vehicle is around Rs.165.5 million (narcotics Rs.155 million and vehicle Rs.1.5 million). An FIR No.10/2019 has been lodged against unknown persons while further investigation is underway.
