Customs seize 51 kg of hashish from carrot truck at Khurkhera; driver held
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.
🇵🇰 Digital Enforcement Station, Khurkhera, RCD Highway, Balochistan · Pakistan
Pakistan Customs arrested a truck driver and seized51 kg of hashish hidden in
the truck at its Digital Enforcement Station in Khurkhera on the RCD Highway on
8 November 2026.[1][2]The truck, carrying a commercial consignment of carrots,
was stopped after a tip-off about a drug shipment on its way from Quetta.[1]
A search found 51 kg of hashish in specially built hidden compartments.[1][2]The
driver, from Qilla Abdullah district in Balochistan, was arrested at the scene.[1]Preliminary investigation suggested the hashish was loaded in the Gulistan
area of Balochistan and was headed for distribution in Karachi.[1][2]
Customs put the total value of the hashish and the vehicle at Rs239.5 million.[1][2][3]A first information report was registered and investigators were looking
for other members of the network, including its financial facilitators and
intended recipients.[1][2]
Customs officials stopped the truck, registration number TKT-358, which was reportedly carrying a commercial consignment of carrots.[1]
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The report does not say whether the hashish was sent for laboratory testing or what charges the driver faces beyond the registered first information report.
No figure for the separate value of the hashish alone, or of the vehicle alone, was reported; Rs239.5 million is the combined estimate.
24 News HD and Business Recorder give no separate date for the operation; 8 November 2026 remains the incident date taken from the ARY News account.
The media photograph published with earlier reporting is captioned with the headline and carries no credit identifying what it depicts.
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