Police, ANF recover drugs in Dore and Athal

Drugs recovered include hashish, heroin, opium and ice (crystal methamphetamine)


Iftikhar Choudhry January 12, 2019
PHOTO: AFP/FILE

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police, along with the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), searched the villages of ‘Dore’ and ‘Athal’ on Friday and recovered a huge cache of narcotics.

On directions from IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar, Islamabad SSP Waqaruddin Syed devised a plan to search areas where they had received complaints that drugs were being smuggled.

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Officers and officials of Islamabad Police including Additional SP Hassam Bin Iqbal, SP (Investigation), all four zonal SPs, DSPs, SHOs and personnel of ANF conducted an operation in Dore and Athal Villages using sniffer dogs.

During the targeted operation, police recovered a cache of drugs, including hashish, heroin, opium and ice (crystal methamphetamine).

Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2019.

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