News Desk
Quetta : Pakistan Customs has foiled an attempt to smuggle 51 kilograms of hashish (charas) from Balochistan to Karachi, seizing narcotics and a truck worth an estimated Rs239.5 million, officials said.
The action was carried out by Customs Enforcement at the Digital Enforcement Station Khurkhera on the RCD Highway. Officials intercepted a truck allegedly being used to transport narcotics concealed in secret compartments.
According to Pakistan Customs, the smugglers had allegedly hidden the 51kg hashish beneath a consignment of carrots in an attempt to evade detection. The truck driver was arrested at the scene and the vehicle was taken into custody.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the narcotics were allegedly being transported from Gulistan, Balochistan, to Karachi.
Pakistan Customs has launched a further investigation to trace the wider drug-smuggling network, identify its financial facilitators and determine the possible recipients of the consignment in Karachi.
Officials said the seizure was part of ongoing efforts to curb narcotics smuggling and inter-provincial drug trafficking through major routes connecting Balochistan with Sindh.
Pakistan Customs reiterated that enforcement operations against drug traffickers and organized smuggling networks would continue.
