ANF recovers 396 kg of narcotics in one week

Spokesperson says separate cases registered against the accused

RAWALPINDI:

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting counter-narcotics strikes in different areas of the country recovered over 396 kilograms of narcotics, 15,000 intoxicated tablets, 1,012 liters prohibited chemical besides netting 21 accused during last seven days.

According to an ANF spokesman, the ANF Rawalpindi in an operation conducted at the Islamabad International Airport recovered 9,000 intoxicated tablets weighing 1.620 kg and 1.210 kg narcotic substance from the possession of a passenger. The accused namely Faryad Ali was going to Madina through PIA flight no PK-9713.

In another operation, the ANF Rawalpindi recovered 6,000 intoxicated tablets weighing 2,680 grams from a passenger namely Tariq Khan at the Islamabad International Airport. The accused was going to Manchester through flight no VS-362 of Virgin Atlantic. The ANF Rawalpindi and ANF Intelligence in an operation foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics and recovered over 81 kg drugs from Honda Civic Reborn car.

The operation was conducted on Srinagar Highway near ‘Tablighi markaz’ and the raiding team recovered 81.800 kg of narcotics including 62.400 kg of hashish and 19.200 kg of opium besides arresting Muhammad Sajawal and his wife namely Bahisht.

The ANF Rawalpindi in an operation recovered 630 grams charras from the possession of a passenger namely Afsar Khan, resident of Waziristan going to Abu-Dhabi through PIA flight no PA-230. ANF Rawalpindi and ANF Intelligence in an operation foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics and recovered over 50 kg drugs from a car.

The raid was conducted near Islamabad Motorway Toll Plaza and ANF recovered over 46 kg charras, two kg opium and over two kg prohibited chemical from a car besides netting three accused namely Waqas Ali, Ghulam Murtaza and a female namely Yasmeen Manzoor.

In another operation conducted at Lahore Railway Station, ANF Punjab recovered 18 kg charras from a consignment of auto parts, sent from Quetta to Lahore through Railway Cargo. Two persons namely Faryad and Amjad who received the consignment were arrested. ANF Punjab in an operation conducted near Quaid-e-Azam Interchange, Ring Road Lahore arrested two accused namely Muhammad Israr and Faisal Khan for possessing 34.8 kg of hashish and 27.6 kg of opium. In another operation, the ANF Lahore recovered nearly 900 grams of heroin from a suspicious parcel being sent to London.

The parcel was booked by an accused namely Muhammad Asad for Muhammad Latif at an address of London. ANF Punjab and ANF Intelligence in a joint operation conducted on Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics and recovered heroin filled capsules from the possession of a passenger namely Shakeel Anjum resident of Sargodha going to Bahrain through PIA flight no PK-189.

ANF Punjab and ANF Intelligence in another operation conducted near Ravi Toll Plaza Motorway Lahore recovered nearly 18 kg heroin concealed in secret cavities of a car. An accused namely Shehryar Ashraf resident of Rawalpindi was also arrested on the spot.

ANF Punjab conducted an operation at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore and foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics to London. ANF recovered over one kg heroin from a parcel containing gloves which was booked for London. ANF Punjab while conducting raids in different areas of Multan recovered a large number of intoxicated tablets from a passenger namely Khadim Hussain resident of Bahawalpur, going to Jeddah through PIA flight no PK-8739.

The tablets were concealed in women’s shoes. Second operation was conducted by ANF Multan near timber market on Vehari Road Multan and ANF team recovered over one kg of hashish from the possession of an accused namely Javed Hussain.

In third operation, ANF Multan netted two accused namely Maqbool Hussain and Muhammad Nadeem for possessing nearly 1.2 kg charras. ANF Sindh in an operation foiled a bid to smuggle drugs and recovered 12 kg charras concealed in auto parts sent from Quetta to Karachi through Al-Hikmat Cargo Bus Service. An accused namely Azhar was arrested on the spot. ANF Balochistan conducted a raid and recovered 750 liters chemical used to produce heroin.

ANF in a raid conducted in Chaghi, an area of Balochistan managed to recover over 750 liters chemical used to produce heroin. ANF also recovered 1200 kg material used to produce opium and 750 kg poppy seeds. In another raid, ANF Balochistan and ANF Intelligence recovered 149 kg drugs and 260 liters prohibited chemical from Alizai forest area on Quetta-Chaman Road.

In another operation, ANF Intelligence and ANF Peshawar recovered 103 heroin filled capsules containing 721 grams heroin from a passenger namely Muhammad Shoaib resident of Khyber Agency, going to Bahrain through Gulf Airline flight no GF-787.

Separate cases have been registered against the accused while further investigations are underway.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2022.