KARACHI: The Pakistan Customs along with Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) would soon launch an operation in Karachi markets to control smuggling of goods and arrest those facilitating the illegal trade, it is learnt.
It is recalled here that Customs Today filed a story that Pakistan Customs took into confidence the traders under aegis of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) before launching any operation against the traders allegedly involved in sale/facilitating smuggled goods of Afghan Transit Trade.
According to sources, Chief Collector Enforcement South Zahid Khokhar had held a various meetings with Director General Rangers and chalked out a strategy to bust those involved in illicit trade.
Usually, the Pakistan Customs have the support of law enforcement agencies whenever and wherever is required, however, this time the personnel of rangers and police would accompany the customs authorities in raiding any shop/market, sources added.
There are reports that smuggled goods including tyres, plastic raw material, clothes, liquor, electronic items, cellular phones etc were being sold in the Karachi’s market openly.
