Quetta, June 21: Authorities in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province have seized 4,800 kilograms of morphine and arrested two traffickers in the biggest ever
haul, officials said today.
"Our men raided the mountainous Naushki area and after an
exchange of fire with smugglers seized 4,800 kilograms of
morphine," Colonel Mohammad Shahbaz, in charge of frontier
corps said without giving any detail on the operation.
Shahbaz claimed that the haul was the biggest ever in
this province. Last month Pakistan customs officials seized
1,350 kilograms of heroin in Baluchistan.
During another operation in Naushki district, 28
kilograms of heroin was recovered from a car and two
traffickers were arrested, Shahbaz said.
In another raid on Thursday the same wing of the
paramilitary frontier corps recovered 250 kilograms of
morphine and 500 kilograms of hashish from Shabian area of
Chaghi district.
Bureau Report
