Pakistanis Claim Record Hashish Haul
More than 19 tons of hashish were seized in a land-and-air operation in the hills of Baluchistan province about 70 miles northeast of Karachi, the Directorate of Customs Intelligence said Friday.
Pakistani customs officials said the seizure last week set a world record for the narcotic. British authorities had netted 18.7 tons in an earlier raid, they said. The largest previous haul in Pakistan was 18 tons in 1979.
One man was arrested in the bushes, but the others fled after seeing armed vehicles moving toward them, said the officials, who spoke on condition that they not to be identified.
Karachi newspapers said last week more than a ton of heroin powder had been seized in Dubai, on the Persian Gulf, in a rice consignment from Karachi.
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