ISLAMABAD: Customs Investigation and Intelligence and Motorway Police have joined hands to contain smuggling activities conducted through motorways of the country.
This decision was taken in a meeting between Director General Customs Intelligence, Lutfullah Virk, and Inspector General Motorway Police, Zulfiqar Cheema. Under this agreement, the Customs Intelligence and Motorways Police will appoint additional director and SSP level officers respectively as focal persons.
Customs Intelligence has appointed Additional Director Muhammad Saleem as focal person while on his directions Deputy Director Shahid Jan will oversee the operations at motorway.
Officials told that Customs Intelligence will inform the motorway police about smuggling activities through an SMS on which police will intercept the vehicles concerned at motorway and informed the customs officials for further action.
Customs and motorway officials have foiled two smuggling bids in joint operation so far in which smuggled cloth and electronics were recovered from a bus and a vehicle.
The officials added that close liaison between two departments will definitely decrease the smuggling activities especially in guise of Afghan Transit Trade.
