The Narcotics Control Wing of the Sindh Excise Department on Thursday claimed to have apprehended seven drug smugglers in Karachi and Rohri through five major operations conducted in a single day.

A total of 59 kilograms of hashish, seven kilograms of ice drug, and one kilogram of heroin were recovered in the operations.

In an intelligence-based operation at the Hub River Road check post in Karachi, the Excise Narcotics Control Wing team searched a car and seized three kilograms of ice drug, resulting in the arrest of two drug dealers, Changez Ali and Riaz Ahmed. The vehicle was seized as part of the operation.

Another intelligence-based operation near Jhanda Shah graveyard in the Old Vegetable Market area of Karachi led to the seizure of one kilogram of heroin from an auto-rickshaw. Smuggler Amjad Khan, son of Daulat Khan, was arrested.

In the third intelligence-based operation, the Excise Police District Malir team conducted a raid near Baqai Hospital on the Super Highway in Karachi. The team recovered 40 kilograms of hashish and arrested the drug smuggler Ziaullah, son of Ahsanullah.

In Shah Faisal area of Karachi, a Excise Narcotics Control Wing team arrested two suspects, Abdul Rehman and Naseer Gul, recovering four kilograms of ice and seven kilograms of hashish from them.

Meanwhile, in Rohri, the excise team arrested Aftab Ahmed Brohi along with his car, recovering 12 kilograms of hashish.

The Excise Narcotics Control Wing has registered cases against the accused under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act (CNSA), with further investigations ongoing.

Upon learning of these successful operations, Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon promptly visited the office of the DG Excise and Narcotics Control and congratulated the teams.