The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department seized 240 kg of high-quality hashish in a counter-narcotics operation in Swabi.[1] The operation followed a tip-off received by Excise and Taxation Officer for Counter Narcotics Operations Majid Khan, with special teams deployed under SHO Excise Police Station Swabi Faisal Khan.[1]
During a late-night checking operation near Jamalabad, Swabi, personnel signalled a suspicious vehicle to stop, but the driver tried to flee at high speed and rammed the excise squad vehicles, damaging them.[1] The team intercepted the vehicle, registration number BTD-966, and recovered 240,000 grams (240 kg) of hashish from it.[1]
The people travelling in the vehicle abandoned it and fled under cover of darkness, and efforts were under way to apprehend them.[1] A case was registered at Excise Police Station Swabi, with further investigation and legal proceedings under way.[1]
