MULTAN: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has identified six wanted smugglers in its jurisdiction who operate within a network.
Deputy Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Naveedur Rehman Bughvi has formed a list of six smugglers who are involved in smuggling of multiple items originating from Balochistan.
These smugglers include Haji Nabi Bukhsh, Haji Sadiq Achakzai, Wali Muhammad, Nazar Khan, Majeed Khan and Akbar Khan.
The Customs Intelligence office has found two smugglers, Haji Sadiq Achakzai and Haji Nabi Buksh, involved in the smuggling of tyres, auto parts, cloth, plastic dana remeltable iron and steel scrap. Three major smugglers who are running their network in the region and transporting non customs paid vehicles in the jurisdiction are Nazar Khan, Akbar and Majeed Khan. Wali Khan has also been found involved in the smuggling of remeltable iron scrap and auto parts smuggling in the region. Customs have impounded smuggled vehicles and almost every second seized belongs to them during the investigation of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation.
Customs have pinpoint smuggling network which are operating in the region from across the borders and they are the main offenders who conducted smuggling in the region. Customs have decided to take assistance of law enforcement agencies to cut the whole smuggling network in the region through implementation of customs laws. Few of them are already facing various criminal cases in the courts and customs have planned to focus on them beside other smugglers in the region.
Customs is also facing issues in taking action against them because they operating from cross the border and Customs Intelligence have made strategy to tackle these smuggling network in the which challenge customs teams through different ways.
Sources told Customs Today that strict actions will be taken against them to curb smuggling in the region as they are damaging local manufacturers and industrialist through illegal trade. They have also caused damaged to national exchequer through their smuggling activities.
