QUETTA, June 11: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Balochistan, has seized a huge quantity of arms and drugs and destroyed three drug-producing laboratories in the Malgai area of Chagai district, adjacent to the Pak-Afghan border.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday Brigadier Anwarul Haq, provincial director of the ANF, claimed that on a tip-off the ANF staff, supported by two observation aircraft and eight helicopters, launched an operation against the drug traffickers.

He said that while searching the area, the staff recovered 2,137 kg of morphine, 50 kg of chemicals, 32 rockets with 50 secondary fuses, 51 hand grenades, a 75MM gun and 5,300 rounds for Kalashnikov assault rifles.

He said that during the operation, which continued for about seven hours, three major and five small-scale drug laboratories, 25 metric tons of drugs and five pickups were destroyed.

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