KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Asif Marghoob Siddiqui has decided to launch a grand operation against illegal petrol pumps setup in Hyderabad and Sukkur.
Talking to Customs Today at his office, the Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Karachi Region said that the department, in close liaison with the district administration and law enforcing agencies (LEAs), will launch operations to stop sale and purchase of illegal petrol and diesel.
He further informed Customs Today that Chief Collector Enforcement-South Muhammad Nazim Saleem has already written letters to the collectors of MCC Hyderabad and MCC Sukkur to evolve an effective strategy to initiate operations against illegal petrol pumps.
“The anti-smuggling actions further need improvement,” he said, adding that the Directorate General of Customs I&I Luftullah Virk is determined to uproot smuggling from the country.
“We have to pool the available resources of the collectorates and directorates in order to launch operations against smugglers,” he said.
He said that the Director General Luftullah Virk, on behalf of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa, has awarded best performance certificates to the officials of the Sukkur Collectorate, including SPS Najam Jafri, Asfar Shah (inspector), Sajid Memon (sepoy) and Farrukh (UDC) in connection with their recent efforts at Rohri Bypass in which a huge quantity of Hashish had been seized.
The Director Customs I&I FBR has confirmed that the department with its limited resources was trying to give best results.
