RAWALPINDI: The officials from Customs Department have recovered 1,000 smuggled smartphones from a vehicle of a private courier company,Leopard Courior Company on GT Road near Rawat.
According to the Customs officials, the total value of the cell phones is Rs 20 million. The phones were smuggled from abroad and were being moved to Rawalpindi from Lahore using a private courier service.
Customs Anti-Smuggling Cell officials intercepted the mini truck of the courier company on a tip off. The officials found the phones duly packed and sealed.
Customs Assistant Director Rana Shakeel, while talking to media, said that the consignment was from Lahore and was probably destined for Rawalpindi and Islamabad. He added that they seized the vehicle and the contraband cell phones and asked the courier company to take away the other parcels.
The customs team comprising Deputy Superintend Matloob Shah, Inspector Pervaz Goria, Raja Tariq and others participated in the raid.
