City police on Monday foiled narcotics smuggling bid to down country by seizing hashish and opium in the limits of Astarzai police station near Murree chowki, police said. The police mobile team, as per routine checking, intercepted a suspected vehicle with registration number GF-582 near Murree Chowki and recovered 20 kilograms of chars and two kilograms of opium from its secret cavities.
Subsequently, three alleged smugglers Shan Mohammad, Hamid Ali and Burhan Ali were apprehended, while police have registered a case into the incident.