QUETTA: The Custom officials have thwarted two smuggling bids and seized foreign goods from Sorab and Baleli check posts.
The smuggled goods, including Iranian tyres, diesel, cigarettes and automobile spare parts are worth Rs 40 million.
Collector Dr Saeed Khan Jadoon, on a tipoff that some smugglers intended to smuggle foreign goods, formed a special team headed by Deputy Collector (Preventive) Junaid Mehmood. The team raided Sorab check post and recovered 32,000 litres Iranian diesel and other goods costing Rs 20 million.
In another raid at Baleli check post, the Custom staffers seized various foreign goods worth Rs 20 million.
According to Deputy Collector Customs (Preventive) Junaid Mehmood, his raiding team had foiled smuggling attempts and seized foreign goods. Efforts were underway to rid the province of the menace of smuggling, he added.
