11 foreigners arrested with drugs

The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, in a joint operation with the Pakistan Customs, was said to have foiled a smuggling bid, seized a huge cache of drugs and arrested 16 suspects, including 11 foreigners.

Officials of the PMSA and the customs reportedly conducted a joint operation at open sea on April 26 on a tip-off and intercepted two boats. While searching the boats, they discovered a huge cache of drugs, which included 2,410 kilograms of hashish, 181 kilograms of crystal ice, 133 kilograms of brown crystal.

The drugs was estimated to be worth around Rs10.6 billion, breaking all the records of the seizure of drugs in the history. The officials also arrested 16 suspects, including 11 foreigners. However, the officials concerned were not able for comments when contacted.