An attempt to smuggle heroin to Saudi Arabia from Karachi airport was foiled.
The anti-narcotics force recovered heroin worth more than 4 crore rupees from the luggage of a passenger arriving from Karachi to Jeddah during an operation at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.
According to airport sources, passenger Akhtar Khan had skillfully hidden heroin in his trolley bag, he was going to Jeddah by private airline flight ER 812.
Sources said that during the search of the luggage of the passenger, 3 kg of high quality heroin was recovered.
According to anti-narcotics sources, the passenger Akhtar Jahan belongs to Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the passenger has been detained along with the drugs and the investigation has been started.