Hashish seized

Published May 6, 2015

GWADAR: Police and personnel of the Pakistan Coast Guards seized 3,000kg of hashish from an oil tanker on the Coastal Highway near Pasni on Tuesday evening.

According to officials, the tanker was intercepted in Salach area and three people arrested. “The hashish was in secret cavities,” a police officer, Chakar Khan, told Dawn, adding that the consignment had been brought to Pasni for shipment to Gulf states.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2015

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