QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has foiled a bid to smuggle medical accessories (operation surgical items) include gloves and steel trays worth Rs.5.88 million during checking on Wednesday.
Sources told Customs Today that Quetta Customs Intelligence and Investigation Director Muhammad Akram Chaudhary received a tipoff that some smugglers were trying to smuggle medical accessories (operation surgical items) from Quetta to Karachi.
He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Inspector Mohsin Jalal (Preventive Department) and others. The team enhanced the surveillance on Quetta Dirgi Highway and started search of vehicles. During the search operation, the team intercepted a truck bearing registration no: MCT-645 which was going from Quetta to Karachi.
During the checking, the customs team recovered five thousand packets of surgical gloves, four thousand sets of surgical items and ten thousand steel trays sets worth Rs5.88 million.
The customs team seized all accessories and arrested two smugglers. Sources told that investigations are still going on till the filing of this report.
