ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs has arrested a truck driver and seized 51kg of hashish during an anti-smuggling operation in Balochistan. Officials put the combined value of the drugs and vehicle at Rs239.5 million.
The truck was stopped on November 8 at the Digital Enforcement Station in Khurkhera, on the RCD Highway, after customs received information about a suspected shipment travelling from Quetta. The vehicle, registration TKT-358, was carrying carrots.
Officials said a search revealed the hashish concealed in specially built compartments. The driver, Muhammad Qasim, from Qilla Abdullah district, was taken into custody.
Initial inquiries indicate the drugs may have been loaded in Gulistan and destined for Karachi. Customs has registered a first information report and is investigating to identify other people allegedly involved in the trafficking network, including its financiers and intended recipients.
The department said the seizure was part of efforts to disrupt the inter-provincial movement of illegal drugs.
