Charas seized

Published November 10, 2003

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested a member of an international gang of drug traffickers and seized 206kg charas from him.

An ANF spokesman said a joint director of the special investigation cell received a tip-off that a gang would try to smuggle drugs abroad. Acting on the information, the ANF constituted a team which arrested the accused, Zahoor Khan, near Sarwar Park. The narcotics were concealed in the car he was travelling in.

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