The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid of heroin smuggling abroad and held a foreigner at BenazirBhuttoInternationalAirport here on Sunday.
The foreigner was trying to smuggle the heroin filled capsules to North Africa via Doha and Turkey.
ANF during the routine checking of the passengers who were boarding in Qatar bounded flight, on suspicion ANF held a suspicious foreigner.
The foreign namely Chicovegkov Festo Odogo of Nigeria was taken into custody. During the preliminary investigation, the foreigner confessed the crime who had swallowed 80 heroin filled capsules in his abdomen. Later the accused was shifted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) for X-Ray. The doctors recovered the heroin filled capsules from his abdomen.
ANF has registered case against him under narcotics control act and started investigation.
Brothel busted, seven arrested
The police under its operation against anti-social elements have busted a brothel and arrested seven accused, who were allegedly involved in immoral activities.
According to a Rawalpindi Police spokesman, Cantt Police rounded up three females and four males identified as Mazhar, Mumtaz, Altaf and Babar from Saddar area. The police also recovered nine mobile phones and Rs 22,000 in cash from their possession.
