MULTAN: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan Range Office has enhanced cooperation and coordination with Baluchistan Military Police (BMP) to curb smuggling in the region.
Additional Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Saeed Ahmad Watto has conducted special meeting with political agent of Rajanpur tribe to curb smuggling through their assistance.
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan is also performing responsibilities in the Dera Ghazi Khan region but they have not protected the movement of smuggling goods and non-customs paid vehicles from Rajanpur area so far. Rajanpur region is also included in the jurisdiction of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Multan but due to tribal traditions of this area there were lots of hurdles for Customs in making anti-smuggling operation.
Customs Intelligence and Investigation has detected movement of suspicious goods from Punjab Sindh Border near Shah Wali Check Post which is connecting two provinces. But Customs Intelligence has never operated in Rajanpur region due to existence of traditional tribal system where even police were also not allowed to conduct any action. After complete homework Additional Director Saeed Ahmad Wattoo has made meeting with political agent with an aim for their enhanced cooperation against smugglers in the region.
The meeting held in the Jirga Hall of the Rajanpur in which District Police Officer Zafar Buzdar were also present with political agent of Rajanpur in which Additional Director I&I comprehensively discussed the current scenario of smuggling and their negative impacts on our overall national economy.
Additional Director told them that they have not focused yet on this region after the formation of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Office and we have found in few anti-smuggling activities that few smugglers are also adopting this route for smuggling of goods in the region.
Customs I&I have categorically decided to focus Rajanpur areas to fill the leakage through these passages against illegal foreign origin goods to curb menace of smuggling in the region.
During meeting Political agent of Rajanpur tribe Saeed Ahmad Wattoo assured his full cooperation against smuggling by sharing information and handover any suspicious vehicle after capturing it with help of Balochistan Military Police.
So, after this Rajanpur police will also hand over smuggled goods and vehicles to Customs Intelligence and Investigation for the elimination smuggled goods. Both officials have agreed to give their best possible cooperation and declared smuggling one of the common enemies which must be finished at any cost.
