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Trafficking of controlled drug halted

By our correspondents
November 17, 2017
Islamabad: In a combined operation, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and Custom officials raided and stopped the illicit trafficking of a purported spurious controlled drug. According to details, the blister of the controlled drug was wrapped in a consignment of clothes being exported to the UAE, a press release issued by DRAP here informs. The Custom authorities contacted with DRAP Karachi field office on the suspected report of illegal trafficking of drugs from port. FID DRAP, on the directions of Additional Director, Karachi, confiscated the huge quantity of drugs weighing 48 kilograms.
According to the initial report, the confiscated drug quantity bears six different batch numbers that were wrapped in bundles of clothes. FID also took the sample of the drug and sent it to the Central Drug Laboratory for analysis. FIR has been lodged against the culprits and the case is under investigation with Customs and DRAP. Further actions are under progress too.