PESHAWAR: Hashish seized

Published June 20, 2003

PESHAWAR, June 19: Customs intelligence officials recovered 868kg of hashish from a consignment of 217 washing machines booked for Jeddah via Karachi, and arrested four people, officials said on Thursday.

“The hashish was cleverly concealed in secret cavities of the washing machines,” customs officer Jehanzeb Mahmood told reporters. The haul was made as officials checked the container at Peshawar’s dry port late Wednesday. Two employees of a company which had booked the machines and two customs clearance agents were arrested.—AFP

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