KP Excise Dept foils smuggling attempt, seizes 204kg hashish

KP Excise Dept foils smuggling attempt, seizes 204kg hashish

Peshawar - Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department has foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of drugs, recovering 204 kilograms of hashish which is the department’s largest anti-narcotics operation of the year.

Hashish trade hits Rs2.6 trillion as KP’s drug smuggling empire remains unchecked

PESHAWAR: A staggering Rs2.6 trillion worth of hashish is being produced annually in just three districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — Khyber, Orakzai, and Kurram — according to a survey conducted by the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Peshawar.  The report reveals that 295 square kilometers (72,000 acres) of land in these areas are dedicated to the cultivation of hashish and cannabis, yielding 3.5 million kilograms (3,500 tons) of hashis…