ISLAMABAD, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday seized 1,070.4 kg of drugs during an operation in the country's eastern Punjab province, said an official statement.
According to the statement by the ANF, a raiding party supported by an intelligence agency conducted a joint operation against the smugglers in the Sahiwal district of the province and recovered 1,070.4 kg of drugs from a mini truck.
The seized drugs include 808.8 kg of hashish and 261.6 kg of opium, said the ANF, adding that the drugs were being smuggled from southwest Balochistan province to Lahore district of Punjab.
The ANF also arrested three smugglers who concealed the drugs inside a gas cylinder fixed at the mini truck.
In another operation, the anti-drug authorities conducted an intelligence-based operation at the Chaman Road in Qilla Abdullah district of Balochistan and recovered 576 liters of Acetic Anhydride chemical which is used to produce heroin.
The authorities have registered two separate cases and launched further investigations. Enditem