6.5kg drugs seized from plane

KARACHI - Six 5kg of heroin, concealed in the ceiling of the toilet of a plane, was recovered from Jinnah International Airport on Saturday. The raid was conducted at the flight PK-303 of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) on a tip off some secret sources. As per detail, three major agencies including Anti-Narcotic Force, (ANF) Pakistan Customs Preventive and Customs Intelligence conducted the raid and recovered 6.5 kilograms of heroin after a through search of the plane. The joint director ANF Col. Shahrukh, Deputy Collector of Customs Habib Ahmed and Superintendent of Customs Intelligence Willayat were heading the raid. The said flight of PIA was arrived from Lahore in which narcotic was cleverly been concealed in ceiling of rare toilet of the aircraft. The worth of the recovered heroin in international market is Rs 65 million while officials said that it was one of the case of domestic heroin smuggling made through the local flight. FIR has been lodged under the Narcotic Act, while further investigation is under process.

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