Bid to smuggle 2.5kg heroin to Saudi Arabia foiled, accused held

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ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a bid to smuggle two and a half kilogramme heroin worth millions of rupees to Saudi Arabia and arrested the accused at Islamabad airport on Sunday.

ANF sources said that during the search of a passenger leaving for Saudi Arabia through a private airline at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad, 2.5-kilogramme high-quality heroin concealed in secret chambers of the bag was recovered.

The accused stated to be hailing from Narowal was arrested along with recovered heroin worth millions of rupee in the international market.

The detainee was offloaded and is being interrogated after a case was registered against him.