ANF arrests eight in seven anti-narcotics operations, over 45 kg of drugs seized

RAWALPINDI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Jul, 2026) Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) conducted seven intelligence-based operations across country, arresting eight drugs suppliers, including a woman, and recovering 45.5 kilograms of narcotics with an estimated value of more than Rs6.5 million.

According to an ANF spokesperson, two operations targeted attempts to smuggle drugs abroad through courier services in Karachi. At a courier office in the Federal B Area, officials recovered 4 kg of crystal meth (ice) concealed inside children's clothing in a parcel destined for Bahrain.

In another operation at a courier office in Saddar, 6.3 kg of ice, soaked into men's garments, were seized from a parcel also bound for Bahrain.

In a domestic interdiction operation near Bhakkar Road in Jhang district, ANF personnel recovered 5 kg of ice from a vehicle and arrested the supplier.

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Meanwhile, four inter-provincial operations resulted in the seizure of significant quantities of narcotics. Near Sher Shah Toll Plaza in Multan, authorities recovered 14.4 kg of hashish from a vehicle and arrested two drug pushers.

In Peshawar, 5 kg of hashish were seized from a suspect near Custom Chowk.

In Lahore, ANF conducted two separate operations near Kanal Road, and officials recovered 4.8 kilograms of hashish from two suspects travelling in a rickshaw. In another raid near a mosque on McLeod Road, authorities arrested a woman after recovering 3.6 kilograms of hashish and 2.4 kg of opium from her possession.

ANF said cases have been registered against all the arrested suspects under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act (CNSA), 1997 and further investigations are underway.