PROVINCE REPORT
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested 10 suspects, including a woman, and seized 302.49 kilogrammes of drugs during nine operations conducted across the country against drug traffickers.
During domestic operations, ANF recovered 210kg of morphine from a secret hideout near Kuchlak Bypass. In Peshawar, 26.4kg of drugs concealed in a secret compartment of a vehicle was seized near a BRT stop on University Road.
In Burewala, 10.8kg of hashish and 7.2kg of opium were recovered, while 9.6kg of hashish was seized near Pindorian, Islamabad. Another 6kg of hashish was recovered from a man and a woman travelling on a motorcycle near Chan da Qila, Gujranwala. ANF also seized 5kg of hashish near Sehrish Nagar, Hyderabad.
In an international interdiction operation at a private cargo office at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, ice weighing 11.29kg was recovered from 16 ladies’ bags destined for Australia.
Under inter-provincial operations, 9.6kg of hashish was seized near Ravi Toll Plaza, Lahore, while another 6.6kg was recovered from a vehicle near Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza.
Cases have been registered against the accused under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997.
