PESHAWAR: ANF Peshawar arrested five persons including three women smugglers in separate crackdowns against narcotics in various parts of Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and recovered 2,600 grams opium.
According to spokesman Anti Narcotics Force Peshawar, the first raid was carried out in Haji Camp area of Peshawar where a person identified as Muhammad Nadeem Shahid s/o Muhammad Ilyas resident of Lahore was arrested and 600 gram opium recovered from his possession.
In a separate raid, Anti Narcotics Force in a routine checking at Rashakai Interchange, Mardan arrested two accused namely Wasih-ur-Rehman son of Said Roz Khan and Wazir Saeed son of Bostan Khan, both residents of Lahore were arrested from a passenger bus and 1 kg opium recovered from their possession.
In another operation conducted at Daewoo Bus Stand, Peshawar ANF personnel arrested 3 female drug smugglers namely Tareena Bibi w/o Muhammad Sarfaraz, Shagufta Bano w/o Khalid Mehmood, both residents of Faisalabad and Nazrana Bibi w/o Allah Rakha resident of Rawalpindi and recovered 6 kgs charas and 1 kg heroin from their possession.