GWADAR: Law enforcement personnel conducted a raid in Pasni and recovered contraband worth millions hidden and waiting to be smuggled abroad.
According to sources, Levies personnel acting on a tip off seized 120 kilograms of high quality Has
hish that was meant to be smuggled abroad and would fetch over $1.75 million in the international market
.
The
hashish was packed in 1 kg bricks and disguised to look like coffee and artificial-sweetener.
It is likely the
hashish was bound for Middle East, as the contraband was stamped ‘Burj Al-Arab’ – the landmark sail-shaped hotel in Dubai. Sources add that the contraband was dumped for being smuggled by sea.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), t
he annual global drug trade is worth approximately $435 billion dollars
.
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