LAHORE: Customs officials have confiscated about three alcohol bottles from passengers travelling via different flights during raids on the Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Sources told Customs Today that officers conducted operations in different flights coming from Dubai to Lahore, Turkey to Lahore, Jeddah to Lahore, China to Lahore and Muscat to Lahore. Customs took action in Pakistan International Airlines flights, Turkish Airways flight, Gulf Air and Saudi Air flight. Customs staff recovered three bottles of wine. Customs allowed all the passengers to go after the seizure of alcohol bottles from their possession.
Customs has also confiscated three LEDs of 46 inches from two passengers. Cell phones, wireless sets and mobile accessories were also recovered from Lahore airport. Customs officials also confiscated spare parts of vehicles from passengers coming from a flight of Europe and a huge quantity of garments from a flight coming from China to Lahore. Customs team has seized three bags of beetle leaves as well. Sources said the worth of the recovered items is more than one million rupees. The security officers have launched an investigation into the matter.
It is a common practice that passengers coming from European countries carry bottles of alcohol with them but many times they left them on the premises of airport to avoid arrest.
