Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting 7 operations across the country managed to recover over 52 kg drugs worth over Rs 19.7 million and arrested 5 suspects, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Friday. He informed that in an operation, 200 intoxicated tablets were recovered from a suspect arrested near a university in Rawalpindi.

 In another operation, 1.4 kg ice drug was recovered from a motorcyclist checked near Kharadar area in Karachi. The arrested suspects confessed to selling drugs to the students of educational institutions. 179 grams hashish hidden in the undergarments of a passenger going to Dubai at Multan International Airport was recovered.   980 grams ice was recovered from the trolley bag of a passenger going to Doha at Peshawar International Airport. 

226 grams heroin hidden in ladies' purse was recovered from a parcel sent to the UK through a courier office in Lahore. 24 kg opium and 6 kg heroin were recovered from Windar area of Hub in Balochistan. 19.2 kg hashish was recovered from the possession of an accused arrested near M-1 Motorway, Islamabad. Separate cases have been registered against the arrested accused under the Narcotics Control Act and further investigations are under process.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)