Pakistan

Woman leaving for Saudi Arabia caught with 2kg heroin at Islamabad airport

The female passenger had hidden the narcotics in secret compartments of an ice bag

Our Correspondent June 19, 2017

The heroin was hidden in secret compartments of an ice bag. PHOTO: Express

RAWALPINDI: The Airport Security Force (ASF) seized on Monday two kilogrammes of heroin at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport from a female passenger travelling to Saudi Arabia through Muscat.

The passenger, identified as Nazir Mahi, belongs to Muzaffargarh. She was handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).

The passenger had hidden the narcotics in secret compartments of an ice bag.

15kg heroin seized from PIA flight at Karachi airport

Last month, the ANF had an Afghan national at the same airport after heroin-filled capsules were found in his stomach. When the authorities scanned Gul Rehman Umerzai, they found the capsules in his gut. Umerzai was leaving for Italy.

ANF officials took him to a hospital to retrieve the capsules. The arrested man was a resident of the Afghan refugee camp in Shabqadar, Matta.

COMMENTS (2)

numbersnumbers | 7 years ago | Reply The ANF possibly saved the women's life, since if detected in Saudi Arabia she would have been executed! Now issue is to backtrack to see if ANF can disrupt the supply chain inside Pakistan!

Haji Atiya | 7 years ago | Reply Like in Singapore and Malaysia, impose the death penalty for drug trafficking.

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