Man with cocaine-filled capsule in stomach held at Peshawar airport

PESHAWAR: A man with cocaine-filled capsule in his stomach, held by the anti-narcotics force (ANF) at Bacha Khan airport Peshawar, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

The passenger hailing from Nigeria was trying to smuggle the cocaine-filled capsules.

In a separate incident, the ANF confiscated 430g heroin from a private courier company and foiled a smuggling attempt to London.

The ANF also recovered 7.2kg drugs from a private courier service in Karachi, planned to smuggle it to New Zealand and two accused were arrested.

Furthermore, cases were registered against all the accused under anti-narcotics law.

Earlier, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested drug dealers for supplying drugs in educational institutions near Gojra.

The ANF conducted a raid on a house near Gojra and residents of Toba Tek Singh were arrested before recovering 36kg heroin from them.

In a separate raid, the ANF confiscated 30 kg herion from a hilly area in Dalbandin. The accused were planning to send the drugs abroad.

The ANF in joint operation with FC recoverd 7.2 kg heroin from Karak, the drugs were hidden in plastic bags.