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Bid to smuggle drugs worth Rs40 mln foiled at Karachi airport

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Anjum Wahab
Anjum Wahab
Anjum Wahab reports business for ARY News

KARACHI: A bid to smuggle four-kilogram ‘white ice’ worth Rs40 million has been foiled by security officials at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The security officials at Karachi airport discovered four-kilogram ‘white ice’ from a parcel booked for Bahrain. The drug was packed in dry fruit tins and booked for Bahrain by a man named Mirza Asad Baig.

According to officials, the ‘white ice’ worth more than Rs40 million in the international market.

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In separate actions, smuggled items have been recovered from the luggage of passengers travelling from a foreign country. The items include mobile phone, gold, wine, garments and illegal electronic products which worth more than Rs10 million.

A case has been registered against two passengers after being arrested over charges of smuggling prohibited items.

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