ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) says it has arrested 20 Nigerian nationals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi whom it accuses of running a drug network that supplied students at educational institutions in the twin cities.
The force said intelligence-based operations at several locations recovered 4.432 kilograms of narcotics: 1.682kg of cocaine, 2kg of methamphetamine, known as ice, and 750 grams of cannabis.
According to the ANF, the suspects were part of an organised network involved in smuggling, distributing, and selling drugs among young people, particularly students, including in hostels. Preliminary investigations found that two of them were already on bail in a previous narcotics case, the force said.
Months of surveillance
The ANF said it had tracked the network through intelligence gathering and surveillance before moving in, and that its operations against drug supply to educational institutions would continue.
