ISLAMABAD – As many as 200 heroin-filled capsules and a packet of heroin was seized from a passenger by Airport Security Force (ASF) at the New Islamabad Airport.
The drug mule, identified as Shahbaz Arif, was travelling to Saudi Arabia via Dubai on Emirates flight number EK613.
The capsules of heroin which were recovered on Wednesday weighed around 1.5 kg while the packet weighed 1.1 kg; the passenger hails from Sialkot.
This is the second case for the said airport where a suspect has been caught smuggling drugs through the newly inaugurated facility.
Previously, ASF had recovered two kilograms of Crystal Meth from a passenger who was identified as Khalas Taj. He was travelling to Riyadh via a domestic airlines’ flight.
The passenger was later handed over to Anti-Narcotics Force for further investigation.
The incident comes on the heels of the recovery of a bullet of a 30-bore pistol from the bag of a Spanish citizen at Islamabad airport.
According to sources, the Spanish citizen, Aman Masood, was to fly to Barcelona via Pakistan International Airline flight PK-769 but was stopped for interrogation by Airport Security Force personnel when a bullet was found in his possession.
The new Islamabad airport opened its doors for operations on May 3 after years of delays and setbacks.
The New Islamabad Airport has been under criticism from social media users after multiple videos blew the lid off administrative mismanagement, with some claiming that they had to wait for luggage for more than 3 hours.
