PESHAWAR: Customs officials have seized a large quantity of smuggled Kenyan tea and arrested two alleged smugglers.
A raiding team, constituted on the direction of Peshawar Director I&I Mohammad Saleem, intercepted a truck with assistance of Nowshera Police and found 215 bags of black tea of Kenyan origin. An FIR has been lodged and two persons have been arrested.
Further investigation is underway to arrest the smuggling network. It is worth mentioning that smuggling of food items from Afghanistan has increased on the eve of holy month of Ramazan.
