Drugs were also recovered near educational institutions, with cannabis hidden in secret compartments of vehicles and tires, totaling over 157 kilograms of drugs seized.

Rawalpindi (Asif Malik) The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested 6 suspects, including a woman, during 7 operations against drug smuggling around educational institutions and in various cities across the country, seizing drugs worth 12.2 million rupees and totaling 157.22 kilograms. According to an ANF spokesperson, during an operation near a university in Attock, 120 grams of cannabis and 100 grams of ice were recovered from a suspect. The arrested suspects confessed to selling drugs to students at educational institutions. In other operations, 120 kilograms of cannabis were seized from a vehicle near the Sahianwala Interchange in Faisalabad, leading to the arrest of the suspect. Near Peshawar’s Ring Road, 10.8 kilograms of opium were recovered from a vehicle, while 7.2 kilograms of cannabis were found in secret compartments of a vehicle near the Rawalpindi Motorway Toll Plaza. In another operation near the Rawalpindi Interchange, 2.4 kilograms of cannabis were seized from a woman, and 3.6 kilograms of cannabis were recovered from a suspect near Jhal Chakiyan Chowk in Sargodha. Additionally, 13 kilograms of cannabis hidden in the tires of a vehicle traveling from Peshawar to Islamabad were also recovered at the GT Road Peshawar travel cargo office. According to the spokesperson, cases have been registered against the arrested suspects under the Anti-Narcotics Act of 1997, and further investigations have commenced.