ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (NNN-APP) – The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan, seized 1,079 kg of narcotics and arrested 45 drug peddlers, in separate operations across the country last month, the ANF said in a statement, yesterday.
The ANF widened its trap around drug dealers across the country, and conducted operations on reports by intelligence agencies in Oct, the statement said.
During separate actions in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 152 kg of narcotics was recovered, and the ANF recovered 338 kg of drugs in crackdowns in southern Sindh province, the statement said.
Forty kg of narcotics were recovered from eastern Punjab province, and 507 kg of drugs seized from south-western Balochistan province, said the statement.
During separate operations in northern Gilgit Baltistan region, 42 kg of narcotics were recovered, the ANF said.
The ANF confiscated the recovered narcotics, and the nabbed drug pushers were investigated, the statement added.–
