KARACHI:In an ongoing operation against drug dealers on the instructions of Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Excise Police District West claimed to have seized 50kg high quality hashish during an operation.

According to details, a team consisting of Excise Department officers Ahmed Yar Khoso and Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah was formed on the special instructions of Director Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Abdul Waheed Sheikh, have recovered 50 kg hashish from Muslimabad near Lyari Expressway.

The hashish was hidden in the fuel tank of Hino Truck bearing No TKW-948. The value of the seized chars is said to be Rs160 million in the international market. A case has been registered and investigation has been started.

Meanwhile, Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control Department and Parliamentary Affairs and Food has congratulated the team on the successful operation and said that continuous action against drug dealers would discourage those involved in this heinous crime and it would also bring a good name to the department. He hoped that the officers and officials would continue to crack down on drug dealers with the same diligence.