SIALKOT: Collector Model Customs collectorate (MCC) Qurban Ali Khan has termed the success of anti-narcotics drive as good team work. He also lauded the sincere efforts of senior customs officials including Additional Collector Irfan ur Rehman, Deputy Collector Asdaq Afzal and Assistant Collector Shamas ur Rehman Wazir for making the drive successful.
Talking to the Customs Today, Mr Qurban said that manual checking of the export and import consignments was most effective than the mechanical system as accused often adopt tricks to deceive the technology to smuggle narcotics.
The anti-smuggling drive of Model Collectorate of Customs Sialkot has been continued with success as per the guidelines given by the Collector Customs Sialkot.
The efforts of Sialkot MCC have been resulting into many success stories and customs officials has seized narcotics worth millions of rupees being smuggled from Sialkot GPO through the parcels.
Customs authorities had deputed Deputy Superintendent Ashiq Hussain Shehzad, Inspector Syed Arshad Kamal and Sepoy Muhammad Yaseen at Customs International Mail Office GPO Sialkot to curb menace of narcotics smuggling.
It was very optimistic that Customs authorities thwarted all 21 major attempts of smuggling narcotics from Sialkot General Post Office (GPO) during the last ten years, showing the great vigilance and efficiency.
Recently, Pakistan customs had seized 550 grams of fine quality heroin, secretly packed in steal dental scalars and 3.7 kg in a parcel at Sialkot GPO destined for Canada and Peshawar respectively. Customs authorities lodged FIR against culprits arresting four of them at spot.
