The chase
Acting on confidential information received by Excise Intelligence Bureau provincial in-charge Aakif Nawaz Khan about a large narcotics movement, three special Excise teams deployed in Peshawar around midnight.[1] The teams set up a checkpoint near Jahaz Chowk and signalled a suspicious Toyota Revo to stop; the driver allegedly tried to escape at high speed and opened fire at the Excise personnel.[1][2] Officers chased the vehicle, registered SB-5069 of Sindh, to Double Road near the Peshawar Ring Road, where the driver kept firing before abandoning the Revo and escaping under cover of darkness.[1][2]
The record haul
A search of the vehicle at the Excise police station in Peshawar recovered 720 kg of hashish and 240 kg of opium.[1][2] Officials described the recovery as the largest single seizure in the history of the department’s Excise Intelligence Bureau.[1][2] A case was registered at the Excise police station in Peshawar, and the authorities are working to arrest the escaped suspect and trace others linked to the operation.[1] Provincial excise minister Syed Fakhar Jehan called the seizure a major achievement and praised the Excise Intelligence teams.[1]
