In a profitable anti-narcotics operation within the North Arabian Sea, the Pakistan Navy has seized a big consignment of Indian-made narcotic capsules and different medicine value hundreds of thousands.
The seized medicine additionally embody roughly 2000 kilograms of cannabis, 370kg of ice, and 50kg of heroin, the Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR) mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
The worth of the confiscated medicine within the worldwide market is $145 million. The seized narcotics have been handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Drive (ANF) officers, as per the army’s media wing.
“The Pakistan Navy stays energetic always to forestall every kind of unlawful actions within the area’s maritime boundaries,” the assertion concluded.
As per the Pakistan Navy’s information launch, the counter-narcotics operations have been carried out with the ANF officers on October 8 and PNF Hunain made the drug seizure.
The consignment additionally included 10,000 unlawful Indian-made capsules that are used as medicine, it added.
“Profitable operations by Pakistan Navy and Anti-Narcotics Drive ensuing within the seizure of a giant amount of medication is a testomony to Pakistan Navy’s resolve to struggle in opposition to unlawful actions and non-traditional threats,” it concluded.
Final week, Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Zulfiquar had efficiently interdicted a vessel carrying 1.3 tonnes of cannabis, valued at roughly $26 million, within the North Arabian Sea whereas collaborating in Targeted Operation “Himalayan Spirit”.
The operation, geared toward disrupting illicit maritime actions, was carried out beneath the command of the Pakistan Navy, which is at present main Mixed Job Drive (CTF) 150.
— With further enter from APP