KHYBER AGENCY: An attempt to smuggle fertilizer into Afghanistan was aborted by the custom officials by recovering 1,176 bags of fertilizer weighed 58,800 kilogram from a trailer loaded with rice bags on Torkham border.
Superintendent Torkham Customs Center Naeem Kham said on Friday that on a tip-off, a special team of the customs officials was constituted that strictly initiated the search process of all Afghanistan bound vehicles.
During the checking, 1,176 bags of fertilizer were recovered from the trailer with registration No: KBL-63235. The contraband commodity concealed under the rice bags was being transported to Afghanistan.
A case was lodged and the truck along with the seized item was impounded. The driver, sensing arrest, fled the scene.
It is to mention here that the fertilizer is one of the contraband items declared banned for export to Afghanistan.
