US, Pakistan Coordination Leads to 463kg Meth Seizure
The US Embassy described the operation as a disruption of an “Afghan-origin meth network.
Coordination between US and Pakistani anti-narcotics authorities led to the seizure of approximately 463 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth an estimated $21 million, the US Embassy in Islamabad said.
According to the embassy, the seizure took place on August 30 following coordination between the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Islamabad and Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), with cooperation from Sri Lanka’s Police Narcotics Bureau and the DEA’s New Delhi office.
Containers Identified in Karachi
Between August 14 and 29, the ANF’s Karachi-based Port Control Unit identified containers scheduled to be transported from Pakistan to Colombo that authorities suspected of carrying illicit narcotics originating in Afghanistan, the embassy said.
The ANF subsequently alerted DEA Islamabad, which coordinated with authorities in the countries involved, leading to the seizure of the narcotics and the arrest of several suspects, including individuals of Pakistani origin.
The US Embassy described the operation as a disruption of an “Afghan-origin meth network.”
US-Pakistan Counternarcotics Cooperation
The embassy said the US government has provided foreign assistance to support sustained training of Pakistan’s ANF, describing the force as an important partner in counternarcotics interdiction.
The Trump administration has made stopping the flow of illicit narcotics a component of its domestic security agenda, according to the embassy.
The United States said it remains committed to working with Pakistan to dismantle transnational criminal organisations and combat narcotics trafficking.
