ANF arrests five suspects in last seven days

Recovers 7kg heroin, 4kg hashish, 3kg opium and 40 grams addictive pills

RAWALPINDI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Rawalpindi in its crackdown against drug peddlers and smugglers across the district rounded up five suspects and recovered 7kg heroin, 4kg hashish, 3kg opium and 40 grams addictive pills from their possession during the last seven days.

According to a spokesman, during an operation, ANF Rawalpindi Intercepted a Suzuki Bolan vehicle near Chungi No. 26 Islamabad, and recovered 3kg of hashish that was concealed tactfully and apprehended Mohammad Illyas.

During the second operation, ANF Rawalpindi held Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti at Tarkai Toll plaza on Jhelum road and recovered 1.1 kilograms of heroin from his possession. During the third operation, ANF Rawalpindi seized 2kg of hashish from a woman identified as Bass Bibi.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 27^th, 2019.