KARACHI: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized a huge quantity of contraband items worth millions of rupees after a successful raid at a passenger bus near Chakwal.
According to the source, secret information was received by the Director General of Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Shaukat Ali that a huge quantity of milk powder as well as other contraband items are being smuggled.
On the directives of the Director General of Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I), an ASO team was constituted to apprehend the contraband items as well as the culprits involved in the crime.
The team beefed up the checking as well as surveillance and during the checking the Customs officers signaled a passenger bus to stop but the driver tried to escape.
After a long chase, the ASO officers managed to stop the passenger bus at Dhudial area of Chakwal city. During the search, the ASO team found 1,225 kilogram smuggled Indian origin milk powder, 60,000 cigarette packets and counterfeit CDs of different softwares worth millions of rupees.
The officers seized all the contraband items into their custody and lodged a case against the busted driver. Further investigations are underway to apprehend the mastermind of the crime.
