480g of cocaine recovered from parcel at Lahore GPO
May 23, 2017
LAHORE: 480 grammes of cocaine was recovered from a parcel that arrived from Peru in Lahore’s General Post Office on Tuesday.
The illegal drug was expertly concealed in the package carrying a thermos, sources told Geo News.
Read more: Over 20 KGs of heroin seized from PIA plane at Islamabad airport
A bid to smuggle heroin was foiled at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Monday when 20 kilogrammes of the contraband was seized from a London-bound flight of the national carrier.
The drugs were found by the Pakistan International Airlines' vigilance team concealed in catering galley of PK-785.
Although the plane was cleared to fly to London, the smuggler remained unidentified.
Prime Minister's Aviation Adviser Sardar Mehtab Abbasi ordered an immediate inquiry into the incident and posted AIG Hussain Asghar as the inquiry head.
