LAHORE: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) team raided at the godown of M/s Chaudhary Brothers Cargo Service located at GT Road Railway shop and recovered huge quantity of non duty paid cigarettes.
Sources told Customs Today, that Deputy Director Customs Intelligence Usman Tariq received secret information that some smugglers are trying to smuggle huge quantity of foreign origin cigarettes outside Lahore. He immediately constituted a Customs team which also included Superintendent Saleemullah Khan, Intelligence Officer Zulfiqar Ali Dogar, Agha Sultan Haider, Sohail Murtaza, Hamid Babar, Agha Sultan and Nadeem Ahsan.
The above mentioned team raided at a godown of M/s Chaudhary Cargo Service and recovered 100 cartons of foreign origin cigarettes which were being loaded on a truck in a Mazada truck for onward transportation. Customs Intelligence team seized the entire stock of foreign origin cigarettes and registered a case of smuggling against the owner of the godown and started investigations.
It is necessary to mention here that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Rubab Sikandar has directed all anti smuggling squads to adopt zero tolerance policy towards smuggling. She directed that anyone who found involved in smuggling should be dealt with iron hands and according to law.
