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| Eight intending pilgrims held for smuggling drugs |
| 2010-10-31 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Saturday jugged eight intending hajis for trying to smuggle heroin to Soddy Arabia, officials said. Six people were taken off-board a Jeddah-bound Pakistain International Airlines flight after presence of heroin-filled capsules in their stomachs. ANF Commandant Brig Muhammad Ameer Khan told Daily Times that the ANF had reports that a gang was using pilgrims to smuggle drugs to Soddy Arabia. He said two more pilgrims were jugged from the Haji Camp. The jugged were identified as Muhammad Ishaq and Tanveerul Hassan of Sheikhupura, Muhammad Saeed of Khushab, Muhammad Riaz, Ghulam Muhammad Khan and Khan Mir of Mianwali, Wajid Khan of Mardan and Syed Wali of the Orakzai Agency. ... home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar... |
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