KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Preventive recovered huge quantity of smuggled/non-duty paid cloth from warehouses located in Akbar Market Aram Bagh area.
Sources told that Collector Customs Preventive Saquif Saeed received credible information that huge quantity of foreign origin smuggled cloth had been dumped at warehouses in Aram Bagh area.
He directed Additional Collector Haroon Waqar Malik to take necessary measures to recover smuggled cloth. An anti-smuggling squad was constituted under the supervision of Assistant Collector Shafiullah and Superintendent Iftikhar Hasan to conduct raids on these warehouses.
The anti-smuggling squad checked the suspected warehouses, which led to recovery of 1.25 tons of Silk Chiffon worth Rs4.6 million; 9.7 tons of Georgette worth Rs16.38 million and 500kg of polyester net worth Rs0.68 million. Total value of the seized cloth is Rs21.66 million.
An FIR is lodged and investigations are still underway.
It is pertinent to mention here that Collector Saquif Saeed directed all anti-smuggling squads to use all available resources against smuggling and anyone who found involved in smuggling should be dealt as per law.
