KARACHI: A team of Customs Preventive has foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of heroin from Jinnah International Airport (JIAP).
Sources informed Customs Today, that the huge quantity of heroin worth millions of rupees was being smuggled to the foreign country. The officers have lodged a case against the suspects involved in the heinous crime.
The officer of the Customs Preventive have called news conference today (Friday) to brief the media on the overall progress of the department as well as the raid conducted by the officers at the Jinnah International Airport last day. Collector Customs Preventive Saifuddin Junejo will be giving a detailed briefing on the issue.
It is pertinent to mention that the Customs Preventive was given special instruction by the higher authorities to beef up the surveillance and to carry strict checking of the passenger documents along with their language after the recent smuggling incident in which huge quantity was heroin was busted during a raid at the planes of the Pakistan Air Lines (PIA).
The Customs officers have kept the details in the secret regarding the seizure that held at Karachi Airport due to the press briefing which will be held near old terminal.
The officers of Customs Preventive are deputed in civil dress to monitor the activities of the suspects as well as the suspicious activities to bust the culprits, added the source.
