The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted three operations across the country, arresting two suspects, including a woman and seizing 33.62 kilograms of narcotics worth more than Rs7.7 million, an ANF spokesman said on Thursday.  He said the operations targeted both international and inter-provincial drug trafficking. 

In the first operation, ANF personnel recovered 14.912 kilograms of methamphetamine (ice) soaked in clothing from the luggage of a passenger at Allama Iqbal International Airport.  The suspect was travelling to Jeddah, the spokesman added. 

In a second international interdiction, 13.350 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in clothes were recovered from a parcel bound for the Philippines at the cargo shed of Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. 

In the third operation, carried out near the Tarnol Toll Plaza in Rawalpindi, the ANF recovered 4.800 kilograms of hashish from a female passenger during an inter-provincial check.  The spokesman stated that cases have been registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, and further investigations are ongoing. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)