Excise department seizes 20kg of ice in DI Khan raid, suspect held

Officials recovered the ice from the car’s spare tyre and a concealed compartment

The Excise Department carried out a major anti-narcotics operation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday, recovering 20kg of crystal meth, commonly known as ice, worth millions of rupees and arresting a suspect, officials said.

According to the department, the Excise Intelligence Squad acted on a tip-off and foiled an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of the drug.

The operation, conducted on Dera-Daraban Road near the DI Khan Toll Plaza, recovered the ice from a car’s spare tyre and a concealed compartment.

The raid was carried out under the supervision of Excise Intelligence Provincial In-Charge Saud Khan Gandapur and Anti-Narcotics Control Excise & Taxation Officer (ETO) Majid Khan.

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The Excise Intelligence Squad team, led by Inspector Saifullah Burki, carried out the operation following the intelligence report.

Officials said the suspect, Jahangir Shah, a resident of Qila Abdullah district, was arrested, and a case has been registered against him at the Excise Police Station in DI Khan.

Authorities added that actions against drug traffickers are continuing under the K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi's zero-tolerance policy.

The Excise Department has intensified operations against drug smugglers on the directives of Provincial Excise Minister Syed Fakhar Jahan.