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Three foreigners

held with heroin

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs arrested two Nigerian men and a Spanish woman carrying 2.17 kg of heroin priced at Rs 20.5 million in the international market, Customs sources said on Monday.

The Nigerians were identified as Moruf Abiodun Adeleke and Kayode Ajibola. Both were carrying 70 capsules inside their body cavities. They are still in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and excreting heroin-filled capsules.

The Spanish woman identified as Sedano Arenas Arenas Angeles was caught carrying 1.5 kg of heroin tied to her waist and concealed in her undergarment.

Following seizure, the drug traffickers have been booked under Customs Act 1969.