Drugs worth millions recovered

Accused discloses presence of drugs inside house located in Kot Momin, recovers 398kg of opium

RAWALPINDI:

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested a nine-member inter-provincial gang involved in drug smuggling in a raid in Kot Momin and recovered more than one metric ton of drugs worth millions of rupees. Four women are also among the accused.

According to the officials, the ANF team stopped three vehicles near Kot Momin for snap-checking, and a total of 703kg of hashish was recovered from the vehicles.

During the investigation, the accused disclosed the presence of drugs inside a house located in Kot Momin at which the ANF team raided the house, recovered 398kg of opium from the house and arrested four women.

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The accused used to smuggle drugs from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, store them in the said house and later supply them to other districts of Punjab. The total quantity of drugs exported is one metric tonne. Officials said the male and female accused were staying in a rented house in Kot Momin under the guise of a family.

They said using women for such purposes is against moral, social and family traditions. Economic exploitation destroys the lives of women involved in crime.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2023.