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ASF foils drugs smuggling bid at Islamabad airport

ASF, Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: Airport Security Force (ASF) on Saturday foiled a bid of smuggling drugs abroad from the Islamabad airport, ARY News reported.

According to details, officials of the ASF arrested a man identified as Zaira Jan, resident of Khyber Agency and recovered 840grams of ice heroin from his custody.

The passenger was nabbed by the ASF officials when he was boarding to fly to Bahrain via flight no F-771.

Later, he was handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for further investigation into the matter by the ASF officials.

On April 17, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had foiled a smuggling attempt at the Jinnah International Airport and arrested a man.

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A passenger named Mir Muhammad was about to board a foreign airline when he was caught by ANF officials for carrying packets of heroin in his luggage. The arrested man was heading to Saudi Arabia.

The man was caught smuggling drugs during the screening of his bags.

According to officials, the value of the drugs was worth millions of rupees in the international market.

Ice (crystal methamphetamine), also known as crystal, crystal meth or d-meth, is a powder or crystals that are usually snorted, injected or smoked by drug addicts.

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