ISLAMABAD:An Anti-narcotics Force (ANF) team on Monday seized 208kg drugs from a truck near the Pak-Afghan border.
According to the ANF information, the drugs, including 183kg hashish and 24kg opium, were concealed in secret cavities of the truck coming to Pakistan via Torkham border. The ANF team on a tip-off searched the vehicle and recovered narcotics from the secret pockets of the vehicle. The driver of the truck, Muhammad Noor, resident of Landi Kottal has been taken into custody and booked under the anti-narcotics act. Further investigations have been launched.
Separately, in an attempt to thwart the alleged drug smuggling bid via Punjab Motorway near Fateh Jang toll plaza, the anti-narcotics force (ANF) seized 175.2 kilogram of drugs. The ANF spokesperson had said the drugs were recovered during the search of the vehicle driven by one Arshad Ali, a Sheikhupura resident, who is now in the custody. ANF claimed recovering 111.6 kilogram of ganja and 63.6 kg of heroin from the car.