ANF arrests 9

Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested nine accused and recovered over 438 kg of various kinds of drugs during 12 operations conducted across the country, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Saturday.

He informed that a foreigner (Tanzanian national) who came from Dubai by flight number FZ-391 was arrested at Faisalabad International Airport as ANF recovered 60 cocaine-filled capsules from his possession. Almost 600 grams of hashish was recovered from an accused arrested from a passenger bus on Balkasar Motorway Chakwal.

Around 12 kg of hashish and 600 grams of opium were recovered from a motorcycle rider near Shalimar Town Lahore. 350 ecstasy tablets were recovered from two suspects arrested near Misrial Road, Rawalpindi. 756 grams of opium was recovered from a vehicle intercepted near Lalak Jan Stadium, Gilgit while an accused was also arrested during the operation.

Six kilogram hashish was recovered from the possession of two motorcycle riders netted near Industrial Road Peshawar. As much as 2.4 kg hashish was recovered from the possession of an accused rounded up in Hayatabad, Peshawar. Ten kg of hashish was recovered during two operations conducted in Zakhakhel, Khyber area. 289 kg morphine hidden for smuggling in an uninhabited area of Kuchlak was recovered while 66 kg heroin hidden in a hilly area of Mastung was seized.