Man travelling to Saudi Arabia held with heroin at Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: A passenger travelling to Saudi Arabia was arrested after over one kilogramme of heroin was seized from his possession at Islamabad International Airport Friday morning.

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) found heroin weighing 1.020 kilogramme in a suitcase of the passenger, named Taza Khan, during checking. Subsequently, he was taken into custody.

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The passenger was to board a Riyadh-bound flight.

Earlier, the Airport Security Force (ASF) claimed to have foiled a drug smuggling bid by timely catching a man carrying a one-and-a-half kilogramme parcel of heroin in flight for Bahrain.

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The suspect passenger, going on-board a private Bahrain-bound plane, had hidden the drug in his bag, said the ASF spokesperson. They added that the worth of the seized drug is estimated to be around Rs150 million.