MULTAN: Customs Intelligence has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 606 bags of Polyethylene (plastic dana) under Arms Cover, having value worth Rs 3.5 million. The levy able duties/taxes were Rs 1.8 million. The bags were being smuggled from Quetta to Lahore.
According to a spokesman of Customs Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, Faisalabad, the anti smuggling squads of Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and MCC Multan, on receiving a tip-off intercepted a truck loaded with 15150 kg Polyethylene and stopped it on road for search.
Unidentified persons stepped out of four cars and blocked the road while resorting to heavy firing with sophisticated weapons. They snatched the loaded truck and drove it to some unidentified destination.
Customs Intelligence team continued chasing the truck. After a while the truck was found abandoned on Muzaffargarh-Jhang Road. The smugglers managed to slip away in their cars in the cover of darkness at night.
Customs Intelligence team brought the truck to MCC Multan where it was searched to proceed further.
