The National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) on Wednesday foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of narcotics worth millions of the rupees on the Islamabad- Peshawar Motorway (M-1) near Hassanabdal.
According to an NHMP spokesperson, the officers signaled a suspicious vehicle coming from Peshawar to stop, but the driver fled the scene. The NHMP officers chased the suspicious vehicle and near Hazara Interchange, the driver escaped the scene while leaving the vehicle behind on the road. During a search 12 packets of heroin weighing to around 12 kilogram was recovered from the suspected vehicle.
The sector commander of NHMP Shafique ur Rehman was also present at the spot along with the force during the operation.
