ISLAMABAD: A rifle recovered from the luggage of the protocol officer of the United Arab Emirates embassy at the Islamabad airport has turned out to be an antique.
The rifle, rolled up in a carpet, was recovered from Muhammad Afzal at the New Islamabad International Airport on Friday.
Afzal was about to board a flight for Dubai when the antique rifle was discovered from his belongings. Officials demanded Afzal to show the license for carrying the item onto the aircraft, which he did.
Earlier on March 24, the Anti-Narcotics Force thwarted a bid to smuggle drugs abroad from the Islamabad airport and arrested a dual national woman for carrying heroin worth millions of rupees.
In an intelligence based operation, Kausar Younus, a British-Pakistani woman hailing from Mirpur, was arrested by the ANF officials from the airport’s departure lounge after she managed to get herself and her luggage cleared from all check points.