KARACHI: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has seized large quantityof drugs in a successful anti-narcotics operation in the sea.
In a media briefing over the anti-narcotics operation, Deputy DirectorGeneral PMSA said that in a joint operation with Pakistan Navy and PakistanCustoms in the sea 207 kilograms of crystal ice and 227 KG heroin wasrecovered from a boat.
The approximate value of the seized drugs in the international market is Rs16.3 billion, Deputy D.G. PMSA said in the briefing.
In November last year, the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) and Pakistan Army ina joint operation had seized huge quantity of narcotics in Balochistanworth Rs17.275 billion.
According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Coast Guards, the actionwas carried out in Pasni’s area of Shadi Kaur.
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The seized drugs included 101 kilogrammes of crystal meth and 2700kilogrammes of hashish that could sell for Rs17.275 billion in theinternational market.
The recovered drugs were seized in the hills of the Shadi Kaur, Pasni, fromwhere it was to be smuggled abroad through sea, but the bid was foiled bythe PCG and Pakistan Army.
