PESHAWAR: The Customs Station at Abbotabad has seized 108 non-custom-paid mobile phones during the half month of June.
About 108 cell phones of different models were recovered from a passenger coming from Gilgit- Baltistan. He was arrested with the registration of FIR against him.
Due to increase in the checking by the customs officials at Abbotabad Customs, many attempts of smuggling have been aborted on this route. A large number of importers use this road for traveling to China.
Customs official Hussain Shehzad informed CT that passenger failed to provide any proof of legal import of mobile phones which were confiscated. He assured that no efforts will be spared to stop the smuggling in order to provide reliable and trusted push to economic growth.
