Twenty Nigerians have been arrested in Pakistan over alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network operating in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The country’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) confirmed the arrests, disclosing that 4.432 kilogrammes of illegal drugs were recovered during coordinated operations across the two cities.
According to a statement released by the Associated Press of Pakistan on Wednesday, the operations were carried out at different locations following intelligence reports about the suspects’ activities.
The recovered substances included 1.682 kilogrammes of cocaine, two kilogrammes of methamphetamine, commonly known as Ice, and 750 grammes of cannabis.
The agency alleged that the suspects belonged to an organised trafficking network involved in smuggling, distributing and selling hard drugs, particularly among young people and students in educational institutions across Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
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Preliminary investigations also revealed that two of the arrested Nigerians were already on bail in connection with an earlier drug-related case.
The ANF said it had monitored the suspected network through intelligence gathering and surveillance before launching the coordinated raids.
It described the arrests as a significant achievement in its ongoing nationwide campaign against illegal drug trafficking.
The development comes days after Indian authorities arrested four Nigerians alongside a Thai national during separate drug raids in Haryana State.
Those operations reportedly led to the recovery of 54.76 grammes of MDMA and 8.90 grammes of cocaine.
In August, four other Nigerians were arrested in India over alleged drug trafficking in Delhi, Gurugram and Khanpur, while three Nigerians were among four suspects arrested in July with over 10 kilogrammes of MDMA crystals and hydroponic cannabis.
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