Man travelling to Doha caught with ice capsules

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Wednesday foiled a drug smuggling bid at Islamabad International airport, ARY News reported.

A spokesperson for the ANF said that as many as 82 plastic capsules containing crystal methamphetamine or ice weighing 645 grams were recovered from the stomach of a passenger, who was travelling to Doha.

He said the passenger has been taken into custody by the ANF with a first information report (FIR) lodged against him. The further investigation against him is underway.

Earlier, customs officials thwarted a bid to smuggle over two kilogrammes of cocaine worth around Rs49 million into the country.

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The officials said two Nigerian nationals, who arrived at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi from Nigeria on board a Qatar Airways flight, were found to have swallowed plastic capsules when they were subjected to an x-ray examination.

Subsequently, the officials said both men were taken into custody and an FIR was registered against them. After obtaining their physical remand from a relevant court, the two were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where 161 plastic capsules were removed from their stomach.