A British couple could face the death penalty after allegedly attempting to smuggle £2m worth into the UK.
Mohammed Tahir Ayaz, 26, and his wife Ikra Hussain, 20, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire have been named by Pakistani authorities after their arrest at an airport.
The couple were trying to travel to UK via Dubai through international airline Emirates Airline's flight (EK-621) from Sialkot International Airport, on Thursday.
The Airport Security Force (ASF) found as many as 25 kilograms fine quality heroin in their luggage hidden in female clothes.
Packets were sewed in different parts of several garments.
The couple allegedly told the ASF officials that they were trying to smuggle this heroin to UK from Sialkot-Pakistan via Dubai.
It was the one of the major attempts of heroin smuggling foiled by ASF at Sialkot international airport.
The ASF authorities took the heroin into custody and registered a case against the couple.
The cost of the seized heroin was stated to be millions of rupees in the international market.
The detainees were later handed over to Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Force for further investigation.
There is a very strict laws from the ANF on smuggling such huge size of drugs, such as the death penalty or life behind bars if they are found guilty.
The Foreign Office are currently trying to get information from Pakistani authorities concerning the arrests.
Source: Mail Online, Darren Boyle, September 21, 2019
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