Action against drug peddlers underway, cordon tightened, snap checking has been increased in border areas, Mukesh Chawla

ET&NC department Sindh has arrested 16 suspects and recovered a huge quantity of drugs, a car and motorbikes during the month. Mukesh Kumar Chawla

Karachi: Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Sindh has presented a one-month progress report to Provincial Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla against drug peddlers across the province.

According to the report, the teams of the Excise and Narcotics Control Department recovered heroin, charas, opium, ice crystals, esctasy tablets and local liquor in various operations during snap checking, raids and intelligence based actions across the province, while 16 accused were arrested in 11 cases against drug peddlers, and one car and 3 motorcycles used in drug trafficking were also seized.

According to the data released by the Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Sindh, 4.550 kg heroin, 28.43 kg hashish (charas), 2.5 kg opium, 2.535 kg ice crystals, 3 liters of local liquor and 50 esctasy tablets were recovered in various operations based actions from November 8 to December 10, 2024, while 7 cases against drug peddlers were registered in Karachi, one each in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas, while 2 in Shaheed Benazirabad district and 16 accused were arrested. Of the arrested suspects, 10 were arrested in Karachi, 2 in Hyderabad, one in Mirpurkhas, and 3 in Shaheed Benazirabad.

According to the report, three days ago, on Saturday, December 7, a team of the Excise and Narcotics Control Department Sindh had arrested two suspects in two separate major intelligence based operations in Korangi and Kati Pahari against drug peddlers, recovering more than 2.5 kg of heroin and more than 5 kg of hashish.

ET&NCD officials have briefed that the circle around drug peddlers is being tightened and the intelligence network has also been activated, while snap checking has been increased in the border areas of Sindh to prevent drug smuggling.