En route: Eight kilogramme heroin seized
ANF arrests suspected drug-peddler at Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
RAWALPINDI:
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin out of the country and arrested a suspected drug-peddler at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday. The suspected smuggler, Muhammad Rafiq, a resident of Kharian who has been residing in Italy for the last 15 years, was trying to smuggle the drug to Italy via Dubai. He had concealed the drug into a bag and had crossed several checkpoints. However, ANF personnel spotted the suitcase and recovered eight kilogrammes of heroin which was valued at Rs57.45 million.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2013.
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin out of the country and arrested a suspected drug-peddler at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday. The suspected smuggler, Muhammad Rafiq, a resident of Kharian who has been residing in Italy for the last 15 years, was trying to smuggle the drug to Italy via Dubai. He had concealed the drug into a bag and had crossed several checkpoints. However, ANF personnel spotted the suitcase and recovered eight kilogrammes of heroin which was valued at Rs57.45 million.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2013.