ASF on Monday recovered over 3.5 kilograms of heroin from the luggage of a female passenger

The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Monday recovered over 3.5 kilograms of heroin from the luggage of a female passenger at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport.

The ASF discovered the drugs concealed in cavities of a bag during a routine scan.

The passenger identified as Ms. Sunbal was along with the contraband was handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for registering a case and initiating proceedings.
The Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) carried out six operations in different cities and seized 366kg of drugs, including heroin.

Six suspects, among them a woman and a foreigner, were detained and three vehicles impounded.

The value of the seized drug is estimated to be Rs896 million and most of the seized heroin was to be smuggled to foreign countries.

Sumbal, a resident of Lahore, was taken into custody at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport after 3.5kg of heroin was found in her luggage. The drug was concealed inside the folding of bed sheets.

Sumbal, 35, was to travel to Abidjan via Turkey by a Turkish Airline flight.

An ANF team stopped a suspected mini-truck at Tarnol near Rawalpindi and seized 120kg of hashish and 5kg of opium concealed in secret cavities of the vehicle. Badar Munir and Fahim Khan, residents of Nowshera, were taken into custody.