Crime: Two held on drug charges

The heroin, hidden in the shoes of the passenger, was being smuggled to Muscat.

The heroin, hidden in the shoes of the passenger, was being smuggled to Muscat. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD:


The Airport police registered separate cases against two suspected drug traffickers and seized 500 grams of heroin and 365 grams of hashish from their possession.



In the first incident, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Rawalpindi arrested a passenger, Haroon, hailing from Swat, at Benazir Bhutto Airport and seized 500 grams of heroin from him.

The heroin, hidden in the shoes of the passenger, was being smuggled to Muscat.

Meanwhile, the same police arrested Afzal at a police checkpoint and seized 365 grams of hashish from him.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2013.

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