Drug Bust: Heroin seized

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested a foreign national from Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Wednesday after heroin was recovered from his luggage. ANF officials said John Chika was taken into custody after 2.5 kilograms of heroin was recovered from secret cavities in one of his bags. The officials said Chika was to leave for Dubai on EK-615 when he was stopped and his luggage was searched. The investigators initially took him to the ANF office and interrogated him. The ANF claimed that Chika is a prominent member of an international gang of smugglers. The police registered a case and further investigation is underway.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2011.