KARACHI: Customs Enforcement-South Chief Collector Muhammad Zahid Khokhar has directed all its collectorates, including Preventive, Quetta, Gwadar and Exports to work in close liaison with law enforcement agencies, which are striving to bust smuggling activities in country.
The chief collector also asked the officials of all field formations to conduct meetings with the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Pakistan Coast Guard (PCG), Maritime Security Agency (MSA) and other law enforcing agencies in order to evolve an effective strategy against smuggling activities conducted through sea and land routes.
He further asked the officials to utilise all their available resources and conducted intelligence sharing with the agencies in order to uproot the smuggling activities.
Zahid Khohar further said that the Pakistan Customs through its limited resources performed tremendously in busting the smuggling cartels from Quetta to Karachi.
He further hinted that the money which is being generated through smuggling activities is being used in terrorist activities throughout the country, adding that the federal government has clear stance to uproot the menace of smuggling from the country.
It was directed to the authorities concerned of Pakistan Customs to conduct meetings with the authorities concerned of other agencies at regular intervals for effective and fruitful results.
