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 Hashish 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 disgui
sed to look like coffee a
nd 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 bein
g smuggled by sea.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the annual global drug trade is worth approximately $435 billion dollars.
