KARACHI:  Police arrested three men and confiscated over two tonnes of hashish on Sunday from an oil truck in Karachi, said Karachi police official Sanaullah Abbasi. Elsewhere, troops uncovered a large stash of morphine. The 2,100 kilograms of hashish were hidden in specially built chambers, said Abbasi, adding that the operation was made at a roadblock after a tip-off. He said te truck driver and two other men were arrested and will be formally charged after an investigation, while a fourth man escaped. Meanwhile, paramilitary troops confiscated 1,100 kilograms of morphine found in a dry riverbed in Baluchistan province near Afghanistan, said Frontier Corps spokesman Lt Col Rizwan Malik. No one was arrested, Malik said. |