KARACHI: Customs Collectorate Preventive has foiled to bid to transport huge cache of Xanax restoril sedation tablets confiscated in a luggage of a passengers.
According to details, the Customs authorities received information that a huge cache of tablets is to be smuggled from Pakistan to foreign countries in upcoming days.
Following the information, the Customs Preventive and anti-smuggling squad issued alerts at the airport and directed the Customs officials to ensure strict vigilance and surveillance of suspicious consignments.
Following the directives, the Customs staff at JIAP-departure at midnight on Tuesday halted two passengers who bound to fly for Malaysia through Malaysian Airline and asked them to open their luggage for checking at Customs check-post at departure lounge.
On checking, the Customs authorities found that 63000 capsules were found from their luggage, which were kept by the passengers under hidden cavities of their luggage and those passengers were tried to smuggle those heroin capsules to Malaysia adding that other contraband items were also found from their possession during checking of luggage.
Deputy Collector Ali Raza Sipra while talking to Customs Today termed the seizure “a huge one” in the history of Pakistan Customs, adding that the active support of Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) Muhammad Zahid Khokhar, Collector Customs Preventive Syed Muhammad Tariq Huda make the customs officials capable of busting such huge smuggling attempts
The Chief Collector-Enforcement (South) Muhammad Zahid Khohar and Collector Customs Preventive S M Tariq Huda lauded the efforts of Customs officials and officers deputed at JIAP.
The sources informed that the Customs authorities may soon call a press conference about apprising the details of said huge consignment of heroin capsules.
