ISLAMABAD – The US and Pakistan have collectively seized roughly 463 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, valued at round $21 million, in a significant counter-narcotics operation, the US Embassy in Islamabad stated on Tuesday.
The seizure passed off on August 30 following coordination between the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) workplace in Islamabad and Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Pressure (ANF), in co operation with Sri Lanka’s Police Narcotics Bureau and the DEA’s New Delhi workplace, the US embassy stated.
The operation got here after ANF’s Karachi-based Port Management Unit, between August 14 and 29, recognized containers scheduled for transportation from Pakistan to Colombo that it suspected had been carrying illicit narcotics originating in Afghanistan, the embassy added.
ANF subsequently alerted DEA Islamabad, which coordinated with authorities within the international locations involved, resulting in the seizure of the narcotics and the arrest of a number of suspects, together with Pakistani nationals.
The US Embassy stated the Trump administration has made stopping the circulate of illicit narcotics a key element of its efforts to reinforce US safety.
It stated the US authorities had supplied overseas help to help sustained coaching of Pakistan’s ANF, enabling the pressure to function a key companion in advancing US counter-narcotics priorities.
“The US stays dedicated to working with Pakistan to dismantle transnational legal organizations to guard US residents from the hazards of narcotrafficking,” the embassy stated.
