ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigations seized 760 non-duty paid mobile phones worth Rs 15 million last week.
According to sources, on the directions of Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigations Shaukat Ali, an operation was launched against smugglers after receiving information that mobile phone smuggling was increasing day by day through Sust border.
Following the instructions from the director general, the officials and staff increased vigilance on all routes of the Sust border.
Director Customs Intelligence Rawalpindi Irfanur Rehman also received information that a huge quantity of foreign origin mobile phones would be smuggled from Sust border to Punjab through car. Meanwhile, the staff of the Customs Intelligence Haripur intercepted a Toyota Corolla car bearing registration No QF 399, at Naran Road.
During the search of the vehicle, the staff recovered 760 non-duty paid mobile phones and arrested two suspects, Mohammad Amin and Akbar Hussain, residents of Gilgit. Director General Shaukat Ali has lauded the action of the Rawalpindi directorate.
