Karachi: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday claimed that it had seized one of its largest ever hauls of heroin in Pakistan, impounding 125 kilograms (275 pounds) of the narcotic worth an estimated on the international market.
The seizure is the largest since May last year when the authorities seized 375 kilograms of the drug.
The authorities examined a refrigerated container at Karachi port and found bags of heroin concealed by solution tape and balloons.
A customs official Babar Ali Shah told media that all 5,400 bags were de-stuffed and thoroughly examined and they found 830 pouches each weighing between 145 grams to 155 grams. The total weight of heroin was 125 kilograms.
“We have arrested the clearing agent and one of his employees,” Shah said.
Officials said the heroin was smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“This is the second biggest heroin seizure in the history of Pakistan,” another customs official Qamar Thalho said, putting the value of the stash at $0.55 million on the local market and $13.75 million on the international market.
He said the narcotic hidden in a container was booked for Malaysia.
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