On Wednesday, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin out of Pakistan, which was hidden inside 23 waistcoats booked for the UK from Islamabad.
The ANF team raided a courier service office in Islamabad’s Aabpara Market and foiled a plot to smuggle one kilogramme and 300 grammes (1.3 kilogrammes) of heroin to the United Kingdom.
The drug was hidden inside the waistcoatsR17; packaging.
The parcel was ordered by Nadeem Mustafa, a Hafizabad resident, for Tanveer Nawaz, who lives in the United Kingdom.
According to an ANF spokesperson, the drug has been seized and the matter is being investigated further.