ANF recovers 3,016kg drug, arrests 32 suspects in Rawalpindi
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 28, 2019
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Thursday carried out a crackdown against drug peddlers and seized 3,015.938 kilogram drug and arrested 32 suspects, ARY News reported.
The huge quantity of drug was recovered during 29 raids at different places in the metropolis, said the ANF spokesperson adding that the captured 32 suspects included seven women as well.
He said the recovered narcotics valued at Rs0.1351 trillion in the international market.
On March 18, the ANF officials had claimed to have arrested five drug peddlers and seizure of huge quantity of narcotics in different raids conducted in different parts of Sindh.
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In latest series of raids, the ANF officials had seized 130 kilograms of narcotics and arrested three alleged peddlers during a raid carried out at Jamshoro Indus Highway.
According to the ANF spokesperson, the narcotics worth million in the international market were hidden in secret boxes of Toyota vehicle.
In a separate action, a drug smuggling bid to the United Kingdom (UK) through ‘cargo shipment’ was foiled by ANF officials in Hyderabad.
ANF officials had confiscated narcotics up to three kilograms of Heroin during a raid in Korangi Industrial Area of Karachi, the metropolis of Pakistan. Two accused persons were also arrested in the action.