ANF busts drug-trafficking gangs

The anti-narcotics force (ANF) Rawalpindi has busted a drug trafficking gangs operating between Gujar Khan and Rawalpindi.

The ANF team also arrested four suspects, impounded three vehicles and seized 15kg of heroin from them, said a press release issued here on Monday.

On a tip-off, the ANF Rawalpindi intercepted three Toyota Corolla cars (LES-2743, LEH-9892, and LEI-7389) near Golra Mor on GT Road and recovered 5kgs of heroin from the cars. Four suspects, who were identified as Abdul Razzaq and Rizwan Ahmed, residents of Lahore, Arsalan Akhtar, a resident of Rawalpindi and Naqash Iqbal, a resident of Jhelum, were also taken into custody.

The suspects were smuggling the contraband from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Rawalpindi and Lahore for further transporting it to foreign countries.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 23^rd, 2014.