KARACHI: The Customs officials on Thursday seized narcotics worth more than Rs700 million at Jinnah International Airport Karachi and arrested a Nigerian woman.
Around 4kg heroin was found from the possession of the Nigerian woman who was coming from Qatar. The narcotics were hidden in food cans.
Last week, the Anti-Narcotics Force had arrested two drug peddlers from Karachi’s Jodia Bazar. According to an official, one kilogramme of ice and around 1,000 tablets of ecstasy were recovered from their possession.
The accused were identified as Niaz Muhammad and Kaleem Ullah. The approximate value of the recovered drugs in the international market is Rs1.5 million.