ISLAMABAD (Syed Muhammad Yaseen Hashmi): The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has carried out a major nationwide crackdown against drug smuggling near educational institutions and across various cities, arresting 15 suspects, including two women, during 11 separate operations.
According to an ANF spokesperson, authorities recovered a total of 116.81 kilograms of narcotics worth more than Rs138 million during the operations. The crackdown was aimed at curbing the supply of drugs, particularly targeting networks operating around educational institutions.
In operations conducted near educational facilities, ANF officials recovered 1.4 kilograms of hashish from a suspect near Loharan Wala Khoo in Sialkot. In another raid in Garden Town, Lahore, two motorcyclists were arrested after 590 grams of ecstasy pills and 198 grams of weed were recovered from an electric fan heater. The suspects confessed to selling drugs to students of educational institutions.
At Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, ANF arrested a passenger bound for Jeddah after recovering eight cocaine-filled capsules weighing 206 grams from his stomach. In a separate operation, three passengers traveling to Jeddah, including two women, were arrested after 428 grams of ice and 292 grams of heroin-filled capsules were recovered from their stomachs.
In Rawalpindi’s Chaklala Garrison, 4.3 kilograms of ice concealed in bedsheets were recovered from a courier parcel destined for Australia. Meanwhile, 54 kilograms of hashish were seized from a bus near Sahu Chowk, Multan, while 26.4 kilograms of opium and 1.2 kilograms of hashish were recovered from a vehicle near Sahianwala Toll Plaza.
Additional seizures included 9.6 kilograms of hashish and 2 kilograms of ice near Wahari Chowk, Multan, 6.4 kilograms of hashish from a motorcyclist on Zafarwal Road, Narowal, and narcotics concealed in parcels at courier offices in Lahore and Hyderabad.
The ANF spokesperson said cases have been registered against all suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, and further investigations are underway.
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