Daily Times

Airport Security Force (ASF) on Friday thwarted a drug smuggling bid at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport. According to the ASF officials, the ice heroin was seized from a passenger identified as Sohail, during scanning of his luggage. The ASF seized 7 kilograms of ice heroin. He was travelling to Dubai via the Lahore airport through a private airline’s flight EK- 624. On Feb 6, Airport Security Force (ASF) on Thursday foiled a bid to smuggle heroin from New Islamabad Airport and recovered the drugs worth Rs 10 million from a passenger. According to ASF authorities, a resident of Azad Kashmir Mohammad Sagheer was intercepted during the scrutiny process at the Islamabad airport. During a thorough checking process, it was found that he concealed brown heroin in utensils aimed at smuggling the drug from the Birmingham-bound flight. During measurement, it was found that the drug was over two kilograms and is worth upto Rs 10 million in the international market.