PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The Crimes Investigation Department is interrogating the acting Afghan trade commissioner, who was arrested near the Board area on Friday allegedly with 1kg heroin and fake Pakistani currency notes.

On a tip-off, the CID personnel stopped the official car of acting Afghan trade commissioner Syed Abdullah Bacha and recovered 1kg heroin and a large number of Pakistani currency notes of Rs500 and Rs1,000 denominations from the vehicle. The car had the foreign mission number-plate, sources said.

The CID men arrested Mr Bacha and his driver. Both were produced before a judicial magistrate on Saturday who remanded them to the CID's custody for two days.

Official sources said the acting Afghan trade commissioner was under the CID watch for quite some time. They said the official had been doing the illegal trade since long.

Many Afghan warlords are reportedly involved in the illegal trade. They are using Tajikistan and Pakistan as routes for transporting heroin to European countries.