Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a heroin smuggling bid and arrested a passenger

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a heroin smuggling bid and arrested a passenger and an official of the Airport Security Force (ASF) from Jinnah International Terminal here on Saturday. ANF sources said that they stopped the flight on runway after getting information from sources about smuggling heroin from a private airline number EK-605 from Karachi to Dubai. As the ANF officials had received reliable identification, they caught the passenger and recovered over three kilogrammes heroine from his possession. ANF sources said that the smuggler was identified as Hamid, who narrated during the preliminary investigation that he was going to Dubai when he got the said heroin packet from an ASF officer. Meanwhile, with the help of CCTV cameras the ANF traced the ASF officer Ismail and arrested him. Further investigation is in process. staff report