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2 women held

on charge of

smuggling heroin

KARACHI: The drug sleuths of the Customs Preventive Collectorate nabbed two Pakistani women while attempting to smuggle 2 kg heroin powder at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport here on Monday.

Saima w/o Shaikh Ishaq Ahmed and Shamim Afshan d/o Wali Mohammad were apprehended before they could board a Dubai-bound Emirate Airline's flight EK-603.

The Customs Drug Enforcement staff, on ground of suspicion, subjected their baggage to a thorough check which resulted in the recovery of contraband packed in polythene packets concealed in the false cavities of a suitcase.

The accused women were arrested on charge of narcotic smuggling and prosecution proceedings initiated against them.ÑAPP