On 23 August 1997, Federal Cabinet assigned the Anti Smuggling duties to Frontier Corps on Pakistan – Afghanistan border as part of the national plan of action. However, the modalities of its tactical employment were to be deliberated. Subsequently, CBR issued to SROs in which central and regional warehouses in Federally Administer Tribal Area under Frontier Corps were notified and adjudication powers of the Political Agent were withdrawn. Necessary staff of customs was deputed with Headquarter Frontier Corps for adjudication and disposal of cases seized by Frontier Corps units.

From September 1997 to March 2005 within a short span of time Frontier Corps North West Frontier Province posed a viable deterrence to the smugglers and forced them to either quit this illegal business or move through the inaccessible territories using unfrequented routes thus making smuggling expensive and difficult for them.

Frontier Corps North West Frontier Province has also been tasked by the Federal Government to check and prevent the drug trafficking. For this purpose Frontier Corps plan and conduct operations against the drug barons, narcotics dumps and Heroin laboratories. This menace has been checked to a great extent due to successful major operations conducted in closed harmony with the Provincial Government and the Anti Narcotics Force. Year wise details of poppy eradication operations is as following:

Brief on Smuggling Duties

Year Wise Data of Seizure

Year Wise Seizures of Narcotics

Summary