ASF arrest two passengers with 3.5kgs heroin
Passenger, narcotics taken into custody, handed over to ANF
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RAWALPINDI:
Two separate attempts to smuggle more than 3.5 kilogrammes (kgs) of heroin were foiled at the Islamabad International Airport (IIA) on Tuesday.
According to the officials, a boarding of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Doha-bound flight was under way when a passenger named Syed Tahir from Khyber Agency reached the airport. When the Airport Security Force (ASF) checked the luggage of the passenger, more than 1.1 kgs of brown heroin was found hidden in the luggage.
The passenger along with the recovered narcotics was taken into custody and handed over to Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF) for further investigation.
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