KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) has recovered a huge quantity of contraband items as well as non-duty paid luxury vehicles in different actions.
According to the details, the officers of the Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) have submitted a report of the busted contraband items and non-duty paid luxury vehicles. The report submitted to the Director Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Tahir Qureshi contains details of raids conducted during the last 20 days of April.
It has been mention in the report that the ASO conducted 11 raids in 20 days in which six luxury vehicles, Toyota Crown car model 2004, Honda Airwave car Model 2006, Toyota Land Cruiser Model 2001, Toyota Mark X car Model 2005, Toyota Surf jeep Model 2002 and Toyota Surf jeep of Model 1998 were recovered. The report further mentioned that the officers seized 67,000 liters Iranian diesel worth Rs 2,790,617 in two raids. On the other hand, the smuggled contraband items including mobile phones, foreign origin cigarettes, and Gutka have been recovered during three different raids.
The sources informed Customs Today that the value of luxury vehicles, cellular phones as well as other contraband items is Rs48,012,527 in the market. The officers are also working round the clock to arrest the masterminds involved in the smuggling.
It is pertinent to mention that the Director Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) Tahir Qureshi has already directed the officers for increasing the scrutiny and vigilance at the check post to apprehend the culprits involved in the heinous crime of smuggling causing billions of rupees loss to the country.
