The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Wednesday arrested two Nigerian nationals at Islamabad Airport and also seized from them 173 cocaine-filled capsules which they were hiding inside their bellies, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to the ANF spokesperson, the arrest of the two Nigerian nationals was carried out on a tip-off by the ANF intelligence wing, and the cocaine-filled capsules seized from them weigh at least 2,926 grams.

The accused were identified as Odego Edwin and Ora Elias, and both of them had reached Islamabad from Doha by a foreign airline’s flight.

A case was registered against both of them under the Anti-Narcotics Act.

Reporter: Usman Javed Malik