KARACHI, Feb 4: A Pakistan Navy ship has foiled an attempt to smuggle in a huge quantity of liquor from Oman by apprehending a boat 135 nautical miles southwest of Gwadar, said a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations DTE (Navy) here on Sunday.
A spokesman said PNS Babur, currently a part of the Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan, while conducting a maritime security operation spotted a boat named Al-Khalil carrying 1,600 cartons containing 20,000 bottles of various foreign brands of liquor.
The liquor, stashed on deck in various holds, was being carried from Fujairah and was to be offloaded in the vicinity of Gwadar.
