KARACHI: The dozen and a half crew members of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), detained by authorities at The United Kingdom after discovery of heroin from the plane, have all safely
returned to Pakistan.
After arrival, statements
of the crew members were recorded by the PIA Vigilance General Manager. The captain
of the flight PK-785
returned to Pakistan a day before the remaining crew. The crew reached Karachi airport from London early Thursday morning via PK-788.
PIA’s flight PK-785 landed at Heathrow Airport in London on
May 15, where the UK
border authorities carried out a thorough search
of the plane on suspicion of narcotics smuggling. All
of the crew members including the capt
ain were detained.
Further investigations are under way by the UK authorities.
.jpg)
