{"id":30350,"date":"2025-12-06T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=30350"},"modified":"2025-12-06T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:04:04","slug":"annual-crackdown-sees-134-tonnes-of-narcotics-seized-2001-arrests-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=30350","title":{"rendered":"Annual crackdown sees 134 tonnes of narcotics seized, 2,001 arrests, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan seized 134 tons of narcotics, arrested 2,001 suspects, including 75 foreign nationals, and confiscated drugs worth $12.8 billion under its annual counter-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing was presented during a meeting in which Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met US Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Natalie Baker. Both sides reviewed Pakistan\u2013US cooperation on counter-narcotics, security and immigration control, and were updated on ongoing Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) operations.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh also detained 110 Afghan nationals, cleared 40,659 acres of poppy cultivation, and maintained the poppy-free status of the region. Baker praised the Anti-Narcotics Force\u2019s ongoing operations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Read: IHC seeks action on campus drugs<\/p>\n<p>The discussions centred on expanding intelligence sharing, strengthening operational coordination and jointly tackling drug trafficking networks.<\/p>\n<p>Naqvi said Pakistan had adopted a \u201cclear and firm policy\u201d against illegal immigration, adding that action against human smugglers and undocumented migration would continue \u201cwithout exception\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said narcotics detection at airports remained a top priority, with modern scanning machines being installed at major airports to bolster screening capacity. \u201cWe are strictly implementing a zero-tolerance policy against narcotics,\u201d he said, warning that drugs originating from Afghanistan continued to reach multiple countries and posed a global threat to youth.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Mohsin Naqvi, US ambassador discuss boosting ties and law enforcement cooperation<\/p>\n<p>Naqvi welcomed Washington\u2019s offer of technical support, saying enhanced cooperation would strengthen Pakistan\u2019s counter-narcotics capability. He added that the government, acting on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s directive, was moving swiftly to establish the National Narcotics Coordination Centre to streamline nationwide efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Baker reaffirmed the United States\u2019 commitment to supporting Pakistan\u2019s counter-narcotics and border management initiatives, saying Washington attached \u201cspecial importance\u201d to its ties with Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by the interior secretary, the ANF director general, the ANF director enforcement, US Embassy representatives and other senior officials.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan seized 134 tons of narcotics, arrested 2,001 suspects, including 75 foreign nationals, and confiscated drugs worth $12.8 billion under its annual counter-narcotics campaign. The briefing was presented during a meeting in which Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met US Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Natalie Baker. Both sides reviewed Pakistan\u2013US cooperation on counter-narcotics, security and immigration control, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}