Coast Guard seizes three tonnes of hashish hidden in oil tanker at Pasni
Pakistan's Coast Guard seized 3,010 kg of hashish hidden in secret chambers of an oil tanker at Pasni, Balochistan, and arrested three smugglers. The force called it the biggest drug seizure in its history, worth about $50 million in the Middle East, with one suspect among the country's most wanted.
Pakistan’s Coast Guard seized three tonnes of hashish bound for the Middle East in the southwestern coastal town of Pasni in Balochistan province, in one of its biggest drug hauls.[1][2]The naval force raided an oil tanker in which the hashish had been hidden in secret chambers, and took custody of two motor vehicles along with the tanker.[1]
The raiding party had to cut into the tanker with power tools to retrieve the 3,010 kg of drugs.[1]Guardsmen acted on a tip after the tanker set sail from the port of Karachi, and arrested three crew members from Balochistan province.[3]One of the men arrested was high on the list of the country’s most wanted smugglers, though the force declined to give the suspects’ names.[1]
Spokesman Major Zafar Ahmed said the haul was the biggest ever scored in the history of the Coast Guard, worth about $50 million in the Middle Eastern countries where it was bound.[1][3]Pakistan has been a key smuggling route for hashish and heroin cultivated and processed in its tribal regions and neighbouring Afghanistan.[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.
