The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted eight operations across the country, on Monday and arrested nine suspects,seizing 55.406 kilograMS(kgs) of narcotics with an estimated value of more than Rs 14.2 million. According to an ANF spokesman,at Islamabad International Airport, ANF officials recovered 456 grams of hashish from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Jeddah.

In a separate operation at a courier office near Karachi Airport, officials seized 1.750 kg of methamphetamine (ice), concealed in 50 pouches inside a parcel destined for Jeddah. In an inter-provincial operation near Sangjani Toll Plaza in Islamabad, ANF recovered 13.2 kg of hashish from a vehicle and arrested the suspect. During domestic operations, officials seized 6 kg of hashish from a suspect near Dhamma Phatak,Islamabad.

Near the Indus Highway in Kohat, ANF recovered 8 kg of heroin from a vehicle and apprehended the suspect. In another operation near Bahria Town, Rawalpindi, officials confiscated 7.2 kg of hashish from a vehicle and arrested three suspects. Separately, ANF recovered 6 kg of hashish from a motorcyclist near Bahawalpur Road in Sargodha district. In Karachi, officials seized 4.8 kg of hashish from a suspect near Race Course Ground.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)