ANF foils drug smuggling bid

Spokesman says heroin was hidden in bedsheets

ISLAMABAD:

Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday recovered 910 grams of heroin from a parcel being sent to the United States from the office of a private courier company located in New Airport Town, Islamabad.

According to a spokesman of ANF, the seized heroin was skilfully hidden in the bedsheets. The seized parcel was being sent by a resident of Chakwal named Mubashar Hassan to a man in the US. A case has been registered under the Anti-Narcotics Act. Further investigation was underway.

Meanwhile, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad Police had arrested 243 outlaws and recovered looted items worth Rs14.97 million including gold ornaments, laptops, mobile phones, vehicles, motorcycles, weapons and drugs.

IGP Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas had assigned task to the CIA police to arrest those involved in heinous as well as street crimes and recover the looted items, said SSP investigation While sharing the performance of CIA police of the last three months.

The SSP told that the CIA teams conducted a massive crackdown against the criminals and succeeded in apprehending 243 criminals during the last three months. Police teams recovered 34 pistols, 8100-gram of hashish, 180 liters of liquor and ammunition.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2022.