ISLAMABAD – Airport Security Force (ASF) on Sunday claimed to have arresteda man at Islamabad airport trying to board a Dubai-bound flight with apistol and 28 live rounds.
According to the ASF spokesman, a person trying to board a Dubai-boundflight from the Islamabad International airport was intercepted by theauthorities. “During checking of his belongings, the ASF personnel found apistol and 28 live rounds from his possession,” the force said.
The passenger Abdullah Khan was arrested and handed over to the policeauthorities for further investigations. During initial investigations, itwas found that the weapon owned by the accused was not registered with theauthorities.
On Feb.6, the ASF foiled a bid to smuggle heroin from New Islamabad airportand recovered drugs worth Rs10 million from a passenger.
According to the ASF authorities, a resident of Azad Kashmir, MohammadSagheer, was stopped during the scrutiny process at the airport.
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During a thorough check, it was found that he concealed brown heroin inutensils for smuggling the drugs on the Birmingham-bound flight.
It was found that the drug was over two kilograms and is worth upto Rs10million in the international market.
The passenger was handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) authoritiesfor further investigations.
