Pakistan seizes 2,400 kg of hashish from boat in biggest-ever cache
Pakistan Customs and the Maritime Security Agency seized 2,400 kilograms of high-quality hashish from a boat in international waters off Pakistan's western boundary and arrested nine suspected smugglers, including three foreigners. The agencies valued the haul at more than Rs 1.5 billion and confiscated the smugglers' boat.
Pakistan Customs and the Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) foiled a bid to smuggle
what they called their biggest-ever cache of hashish, arresting nine smugglers
including three foreigners.[1]PMSA Director General Rear Admiral Jameel Akhtar,
speaking at a press conference at PMSA headquarters alongside Gawadar Customs
Collector Saeed Akram, said the two agencies acted on a tipoff in the international
waters on the western boundary of Pakistan.[1]
The boarding party recovered 2,400 kilograms of high-quality hashish from a
suspicious boat and arrested the nine accused, confiscating their boat.[1]When the
smugglers saw the PMSA fast-response boat they tried to flee, and their boat caught
fire; PMSA officials first doused the fire and then made the arrests.[1]The
accused were presented before the media.[1]
The PMSA chief put the value of the recovered hashish at more than Rs 1,500 million
on the international market.[1]
Case data
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Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force arrested 14 suspects, including a woman, in ten operations across the country and reported about 158 kilograms of narcotics worth Rs 28.2 million, of which 118.4 kilograms was hashish and cannabis. Cases were registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, with further investigations under way.
Hazara Police recovered more than 100 kilograms of hashish during a 15-day division-wide crackdown targeting drug-trafficking networks. Regional Police Officer Jahanzaib Nazir Khan said the campaign also netted illegal weapons, dismantled vehicle-theft gangs and arrested hundreds of offenders.
Pakistan Customs stopped a carrot truck at its Digital Enforcement Station in Khurkhera on the RCD Highway on 8 November 2026 and found 51 kg of hashish in hidden compartments. The driver was arrested, and Customs valued the hashish and vehicle at Rs239.5 million.
The Anti-Narcotics Force arrested 15 suspected traffickers in ten operations across Pakistan and reported 50.702 kg of narcotics, of which 21.5 kg was hashish and cannabis. The cannabis seizures ran from 500 grams in Islamabad to 18 kg of hashish in Mianwali, and cases were registered under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997.
