Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Bus raid: Hashish worth over Rs40 million seized in Karachi

Express News screen grab of the seized hashish.
KARACHI: Customs officials tracked down a bus en route from Balochistan to Karachi after being tipped that it was transporting hashish, Express News reported. 
They seized the bus, which in addition to livestock was also carrying 477 kilograms of hashish — estimated to be worth around Rs 40 million.
During the bus raid, there was a cross-fire between Customs and the culprits.
Earlier in February, the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) seized heroin worth Rs593 million at the Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) in Karachi.
According to a press release, the ANF Karachi seaport team confiscated a container at PICT and recovered 85 kilogramme of fine quality heroin.
Similarly in January, the Sahiwal district police seized narcotics estimated to fetch Rs650 million from a truck in Cheechawatni.

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