KARACHI: Officials of the Customs Intelligence Squad on Tuesday foiled a drug trafficking bid to Punjab and recovered 32 kilogramme of hashish from a vehicle at the at Hala Naka near Shaheed Benazirabad Flyover, Hyderabad.
A customs spokesperson informed told reporters that acting on a tip-off, the officials set up a checkpoint at Shaheed Benazirabad Flyover and started searching vehicles.
According to the spokesperson, a huge amount of Hashish was being smuggled from the Tando Adam to Hyderabad under the coverage of Guava Fruits packed in wooden boxes loaded on the vehicle.
One of the staff members stopped the suspected vehicle, however, the driver managed to escape taking advantage of darkness and traffic. After which, the vehicle was taken into custody.
The customs officials recovered 32 slabs of Hashish (Charas) wrapped with green plastic, each slab weighing 01 kilogramme. The current market value of the recovered smuggled Hashish is approximately Rs.3.2 Million.
