The Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel at Peshawar airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin worth millions to Dubai and arrested a passenger, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

Rafaqat Khan was travelling to Dubai from Peshawar’s Bacha Khan Airport via Emirates Airlines flight EK-636. The ASF officers searched his baggage at Joint Search Baggages Counter set up by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The ASF men recovered over three and a half kilograms of high-quality heroin wrapped in fiber sheets and hidden in secret pockets of the passenger’s bag.

After a preliminary investigation, the accused Rafaqat Khan was handed over to the ASF for further action.