Islamabad : Twenty kilogrammes of heroin was seized from a plane of Pakistan’s national carrier PIA at the Islamabad international airport on Monday, a week after narcotics was found on another flight of the troubled airliner at a British airport.
Pakistan International Airlines spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said security personnel at Benazir Bhutto International Airport seized heroin from the flight PK-785 just as it prepared to take off for London. Five persons have been detained. Because of the development, the flight’s departure was delayed by more than two hours, the spokesperson said. The Pakistani national carrier has attracted attention lately over seizure of narcotics on board its flights.
Last week, heroin “concealed in packets” was seized from a PIA Boeing 777 plane at the UK’s Heathrow airport.–PTI
