110-kg heroin seized from truck fuel tank

KARACHI – The Anti-Narcotics Force seized a truck transporting 110-kilogram heroin in Korangi area. According to an ANF spokesman, they were tipped off about a truck carrying a huge quantity of heroin in its fuel tank from Peshawar. Waheed added that two accused were arrested in the raid that also foiled an attempt to smuggle the drugs abroad via Karachi Port. Further investigation is in progress.Meanwhile, in the ongoing violence spree here in the city, two people were injured when miscreants fired at a car on Stadium Road. Police said a car carrying three people came under attack near Aga Khan hospital on Stadium Road. “Two of them sustained bullet injuries after unknown bikers opened fire on the vehicle,” officials said. Separately, police claimed to have arrested two target killers from Pak Colony area during a raid.“They were Lyari gang-war members involved in extortion, target killings, kidnapping for ransom and other criminal activities,” SP Amir Farooqi said.Meanwhile, a passenger bus overturned in Karachi’s Natha Khan area, leaving scores of people injured.

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