ISLAMABAD: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered 530 kgs of opium and 360 kgs of chars after encounter with drug traffickers in Balochistan.
ANF had received information that some Afghan based drug traffickers would smuggle large quantity of narcotics inside Pakistan for further trafficking to Iran, said a press release issued here on Thursday.
ANF made a plan to target the traffickers at Turbat. In the night of October 9/10, ANF saw a land cruiser No. CN6612 coming from
Afghanistan side, ANF tried to encircle the smugglers but the smugglers opened fire, after exchange of fire the smugglers disengaged and escaped in the cover of heavy firing leaving behind the loaded vehicle with narcotics. On search the vehicle 530 kgs of opium was recovered from the vehicle.
In another operation ANF seized 360 kgs of chars in the area of Dalbandin, the drug was damped in deserted hut.
Cases have been registered against the accused and further investigations are in hand.
It is pertinent to point out that during the last three days three major narcotics seizures have been made by Anti Narcotics Force in Balochistan, in these operations huge quantity of narcotics, arms and ammunition have been recovered, which speaks devotion of the force towards making Pakistan drug free nation.
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