port-qasim

Pakistan customs seize chemicals

Pakistan Customs seized 21.7 tonnes of Acetic Anhydrite in Port Qasim, Karachion 9 January. Apart from its legitimate industrial use, the substance is also used in heroin production and to make home-made bombs. The seizure was one of the biggest detections of this chemical worldwide. The chemicals arrived in Pakistan in a 20-foot container from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, declared as Acetic Acid glacial. Tanzania is not known to be ... [+]