Pakistan Coastguards in Gwadar have recovered a large quantity of narcotics, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Pakistan Coastguards told media on Tuesday that acting on a tip-off the coastguards recovered 93 kilograms of high-quality heroin that had been concealed near New Town Airport Road.

The spokesman further informed that the heroin, whose value in the international market was equivalent $25.389 million, was to be smuggled overseas by sea.

Director-General Pakistan Coastguards, he told, had appreciated the hard work done by jawans.