MULTAN: Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan has intercepted a Hino truck loaded with foreign origin red chillies from Khanewal road during an operation.
According to details, Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan received credible information from their informer that a Hino truck bearing the registration number of MNN-2695 is loaded with foreign origin red chillies.
Additional Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan Nisar Ahmad formed special team of five staff and deployed them to foil their bid of smuggling. When the truck was crossing Sadiqabad mills Khanewal road Customs staff captured them and recovered almost 3300 kilograms of the Indian origin red chillies packed in the 116 jutes and polypropylene bags of different weights. The seized red chillies were containing various varieties including whole with stem, without stem of red natural colour.
Customs staff asked them to provide legal documents of red chillies then driver Muhammad Khalil presented the bilty no.127 which shows consignor Sabri Commission Ghala Mandi Faisalabad have booked the red chillies for delivering to Consignee Khawaja Usman resident of Multan. The total value of the seized red chillies was almost Rs.1.2 million .
