KARACHI: Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-Customs, Karachi has thwarted an attempt of smuggling contraband items including foreign brand whisky and beer in a raid at Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT), East Wharf.
A team of Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-Customs, Karachi on a tip-off raided PICT, East Wharf and halted consignments of paper. After thorough examination, 5000 bottles of Black Label, foreign whisky and hundreds of foreign beer cans were found in the consignment.
Sources at PICT informed Customs Today that the contrabands including foreign whisky and beers were smuggled in garb of paper consignments.
Sources further revealed that the whisky and beer bottles were compressed with machine at the bottom of the cartons and it was difficult to identify the product concealed at the bottom of the cartons. However Customs Intelligence accomplished the task of revealing the contrabands on reliable information.
“The seized contraband items were worth million of rupees. Further investigation is underway in this regard”, the sources added.
Initial investigations led Customs Intelligence to further recover 3000 more bottles of foreign brand whisky and beer cans after conducting a raid at a warehouse located in SITE area.
Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, Karachi has arrested a customs agent namely Javed Umer, who was involved in clearing the consignments and an official Shahid Hussain of the company M/s AZ corporation, Karachi.
