RAWALPINDI, Oct 26 (APP):The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday arrested eight suspects, including three women, and recovered 38.438 kilograms of drugs in seven operations conducted across various cities.
According to an ANF spokesperson, in an international drug interdiction operation at Islamabad International Airport, 34,500 Xanax tablets weighing 4.658 kg were recovered from Nimko packets concealed in the luggage of a passenger travelling to Dammam on a work visa.
In a separate operation at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, 4,980 ecstasy tablets weighing 3.4 kg were recovered from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Bahrain.
At Faisalabad Airport, 980 grams of ice were recovered from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Bahrain, who was arrested on the spot.
In Rawalpindi, 9.8 kg of opium soaked into bedsheets inside a parcel destined for Canada was recovered from a private courier company in Gulzar-e-Quaid.
Under its inter-provincial drug interdiction drive, the ANF recovered 12 kg of hashish from two women near Head Muhammad Wala Toll Plaza in Multan.
In domestic operations, 4kg of ice was seized from a vehicle near the Industrial Estate in Hayatabad, Peshawar, and two suspects were arrested. In another operation, 3.6 kg of hashish was recovered from a woman near the GT Road Bus Terminal in Attock.
Cases have been registered against the arrested suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997 (CNSA-1997), and further investigation is underway.
Source: APP (Associated Press of Pakistan)
