The Airport Security Force (ASF) recovered at least one kilogram of drugs from a Bahrain-bound passenger at the Islamabad Airport on Thursday.
The drugs were recovered from the passengers’ luggage during a routine security check, according to the ASF.
The passenger was named Saeed Shah and he was a resident of Mardan. The accused was then handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).
The ASF has also revealed that it is quite possible that Shah was working as a part of a larger group.
Pakistan has become a breeding ground for narcotics smuggling of late. Only last month, around 20 kilograms of heroin were confiscated from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) London-bound flight before its departure from Islamabad Airport. Earlier that month, British officials had acquired a “quantity of heroine” in a PIA flight after its landing at London’s Heathrow Airport.
There have been instances in the past where PIA crew members have been arrested for being involved in drugs smuggling.