Anti-Narcotics Force officers stopped a truck on the Panjgur–Turbat section of the M-8 highway in Balochistan on 11 February 2026 and found hashish hidden in secret compartments.[1] The force seized 1.2 tonnes of hashish, and an ANF spokesperson announced the operation on Wednesday 11 February.[1] Two suspected smugglers travelling in the truck were arrested.[1] The ANF estimated the hashish at about $66.15 million on the international market.[1]

The spokesperson said the network, allegedly run by a trafficker named Ishaq Baloch, moved drugs from Panjgur through Turbat to Gwadar and Pasni, then shipped them by sea to Gulf countries, Yemen and Tanzania on high-speed fishing boats.[1] The ANF said initial investigations suggested the hashish had been smuggled from Afghanistan and was destined for onward trafficking abroad.[1] A case was registered under Pakistan’s narcotics law, and officers were still looking for the alleged ringleader and other members of the gang.[1] Radio Pakistan reported that the two arrested men told investigators during questioning that the drugs had come from Afghanistan.[2]

The Friday Times, writing about Afghanistan’s drug trade, put the seizures in the same ANF announcement at 1,353 kilograms of narcotics worth more than 77.85 million rupees (about $280,000) across seven operations, with nine people arrested.[3] The same ANF announcement included 1.3 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine found in Peshawar.[3]