Motorway police seize drugs from truck carrying sheep

ISLAMABAD: The capital city’s motorway police on Tuesday foiled a drug smuggling attempt using a truck carrying sheep, ARY News reported.

The police, acting on a tip-off, flagged down a truck and carried out an inspection. The cops recovered drugs in heavy quantity that was concealed beneath the vehicle.

The truck, bearing registration number LSS-5687, was carrying sheep in an attempt to distract law enforcers from having a clue about drugs being trafficked through the vehicle.

The motorway police found at least 20 packets of drugs, weighing around 24 kilograms. The cops took into custody driver Tariq Mehmood and his helper Ghulam Qamar and registered a case against them.

Drug traffickers resort to different methods to smuggle drugs, and most of the times gets caught by law enforcers.

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and Airport Security Force (ASF), in a joint operation, on Monday had foiled a drug smuggling bid and arrested a passenger at Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar.

The security teams collared a passenger from Doha-bound flight and seized 1300 gram drugs. The man, identified as Muhamamd Mannan, was detained shortly after drugs were found from his possession.

The passenger had concealed drugs in a Ludo board game and his shoes.

In a similar incident on Jan 31, a man was caught at the Bacha Khan International Airport, trying to smuggle drugs hidden in fruits.