A special team of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan on Monday, resulting in the seizure of heroin worth billions of rupees.
With the seizure of 746kg heroin worth Rs 4.77 billion in the international market, the force has now seized ‘approximately 12,365 tonnes of narcotics in the past 17 years,’ according to officials. They, however, admitted that the special teams could not apprehend the drug peddlers believed to be involved in this latest bid as they were hiding in far-flung areas of the province.
The material was packed in 225 packets and was being taken in a Toyota Surf vehicle on Quetta-Chaman Road, Killi Shore, Badezai, tehsil Gulistan in district Qilla Abdullah.
The drugs were being transported during Eidul Fitr. To thwart the transportation of the drugs, ANF had to deploy personnel on five routes simultaneously.