RAWALPINDI: Officials of Pakistan Customs at Benazir Bhutto International Airport have recovered a huge quantity of heroin powder from a passenger destined to board the flight bound to fly to United Kingdom.
When the passenger, Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, from Attock, entered into the international lounge of the airport at 2:10 a.m. to board a flight, scheduled to proceed to Manchester via Dubai at 3:20 a.m., he was intercepted by the Customs staff. When his baggage was searched thoroughly, one kilogram of heroin powder was recovered from cones of ‘mehndi’.
He was taken to the inquiry room and later shifted to Customs Investigation department for a thorough probe.