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Police thwart bid to smuggle 2.5 kg heroin into India

Police on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle heroin to India by seizing the drug at Wagah Railway Station.

The two-and-half kilogrammes of contraband, worth millions of rupees, was found in a cargo train, en-route to India, stashed inside furniture. The authorities are further investigating the matter.

Last month, Customs officials foiled a smuggling bid by arresting a Nigerian passenger in Karachi. Customs spokesperson said 600 grammes of brown heroin powder was recovered from the passenger, Kelechi Franca Earnest, who was travelling to Nigeria on Turkish Airlines flight.

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