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Foreigners

held with heroin

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Drug Enforcement Cell of Pakistan Customs on Friday arrested two foreign nationals carrying 1100 grammes of white heroin powder priced at Rs 11 million in the international market, sources said.

The drug trafficker from the Islamic Republic of Comores identified as Ali Mzembaba was carrying 800 grammes of heroin-filled capsule, and the Nigerian identified as Marcel Onyebuchi Umejiaku was carrying 2000 grammes of heroin-filled capsules.

They have been booked under the Customs Act 1969.