KARACHI: The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) including the officers of Pakistan Customs (MCC-Preventive), Commissioner House, Pakistan Rangers and Sindh police has demolished 18 more illegal petrol pumps on second day of the crackdown on the sale of smuggled Iranian petrol in different areas of city.
The officers of IATF have destroyed 50 petrol pumps in two days of the operation to control selling of smuggled Iranian petrol in different areas including Baldia, Manghopir, Orangi, Korangi, Malir and National Highway.
It is pertinent to mention here that the officials of Law Enforcing Agencies had destroyed 32 illegal petrol pumps on the first day of crackdown.
Pakistan Customs Spokesman Qamar Thalho said that the cases against the owners of those illegal petrol pumps have been registered and their arrest orders have also been issued by the competent authorities.
“It is the biggest crackdown operation on the illegal petrol pumps in the history,” he added.
A press conference in this regard would also be convened by the officers of Pakistan Customs today (Friday) at Customs House, Karachi.
