ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a bid to smuggle seven precious falcons to Abu Dhabi and arrested an accused here on Sunday.
The ASF sources said that during the search of the baggage of a passenger leaving for Abu Dhabi through private airline flight EY-232 at New Islamabad Airport, seven precious falcons were recovered.
The ASF offloaded and arrested accused Abbas Aadil, who was handed over to the customs department along with recovered falcons for further investigation.
It is worth mentioning here that falcons are used to hunt houbara bustard in Abu Dhabi and other Arab countries.
