RAWALPINDI: The AntiNarcotics Force (ANF) foiled a drug smuggling attempt at Islamabad International Airport (IIA) and detained two people.

The suspects were caught when check in for flights to Doha and Dubai was underway. One of them, upon being interrogated, revealed that he was carrying 102 capsules filled with heroin. The other passenger was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai as he revealed that he was carrying 125 capsules filled with heroin. Separate cases were registered against them.

Earlier on Thursday, the ANF foiled an attempt to smuggle 173 heroin-filled capsules and detained two Nigerian nationals in connection with the smuggling attempt at the airport. Both of them were detained when the check in of passengers for a Doha-bound flight was underway. The narcotics weighed 2,926grams.-Staff Reporter