QUETTA: The inspector general of the Frontier Corps (FC) in Balochistan, Major General Sher Afgun said "roots of narcotics are located in neighboring Afghanistan", but Pakistan is making all out efforts to eradicate the curse of narcotics from across the world.
He expressed these views while addressing a ceremony in Quetta, after officials burnt 293 tonnes of various types of narcotics seized by FC and Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) from different parts of Balochistan.
Pakistan has been the direct victim of record opium production in neighboring Afghanistan, Afgun pointed out.
The burnt narcotics included 150 tonnes hashish, 70 tonnes opium and more than 11 tonnes of heroin. ANF Commander Brigadier was also present on the occasion.
As the officials set fire to the heaps of narcotics, roaring flames could be seen from quite some distance.
Balochistan shares more than 1,200km border with Afghanistan which includes the border with Helmand province — which is famous for opium production across the globe.
"We have beefed up security at the porous Pak-Afghan border with an objective to stop the flow of narcotics and infiltration of terrorists in the country from Afghanistan," Afgun said.
"We are determined to eradicate the curse of narcotics from the province," said ANF commander Adnan Azeem.