ISLAMABAD: A 6-member group of Nigerians involved in drug supply in educational institutions of Islamabad was arrested.
According to Anti-Narcotics Force(ANF) officials, a Nigerian national was arrested during the operation in Islamabad.
Officials say that during the raids to identify the accused, 5 more Nigerians were arrested near the hotel in Sector G-13. The flat of the accused was raided where 135 grams of cocaine and 3.2 kilograms of ice were recovered.
According to officials, the accused have confessed to supplying drugs to students in hostels and educational institutions.
ANF officials say that a large number of foreign nationals arrested in drug trafficking in Pakistan this year are from African countries, drug smugglers have been adopting new and dangerous methods for smuggling.
Officials added that ANF operations against drug trafficking in educational institutions will continue.
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Earlier, Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered more than 700 kilograms of Ice from a container booked for Malaysia by carrying out a major operation on a tip-off at the South Asia Pakistan Terminal in Karachi.
According to the authorities, the exported methamphetamine (Ice) was being smuggled with bags of calcium carbonate. During a tip-off container search, 854 bags of calcium carbonate were searched, of which 28 bags were found to contain methamphetamine (Ice).
