DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 5 The Airport Security Force claimed on Saturday having arrested a Zambian woman with heroin.

Security officials said Masha Ifunga, 32, of Zambia came to Dera Ghazi Khan by road from Lahore to get on board a Dubai-bound flight during its stopover at the local airport. She carried a passport bearing number ZC034675.

They said she managed to reach the district despite a ban on foreigners' entry into the city. The airport security personnel at the entry gate informed the officials inside the airport about the suspected woman who came there by a van. The lady security officer recovered half kilo heroin from her. She told security officials that she was going to South Africa via Dubai.—Correspondent