LANDIKOTAL: Authorities at Torkham border have halted an attempt to smuggle heroin and arms from Afghanistan.
Sources said that during routine checking at the border, the Khassadar personnel recovered six kilograms heroin from the possession of an Afghan national. The heroin had been concealed in ghee packs and being smuggled from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Khassadar personnel seized a foreign-made pistol from an Afghan national, currently serving as district judge in a district of Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The arrested Afghan judge was later bailed on his personal guarantee while the pistol was seized.
