ISLAMABAD: Customs authorities deputed at Benazir Bhutto International Airport foiled bid to smuggle 912 smart phones abroad. The market value of seized smart phones are Rs 20 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Shahid Jan received credible information regarding a smuggling attempt through Etihad Airways which was coming from Abu Dhabi. He immediately formed a team and supervised the entire operation himself.
The team thoroughly scrutinized all the baggage of passengers who are arrived from Abu Dhabi and recovered 912 smart phones from different bags and shoppers. No person approached the Customs authorities for the ownership of smart phones. Customs authorities are gathering all the data of baggage to nab the actual culprits.
