FAISALABAD: The field office of Khushab Custom’s intelligence and Investigation has seized different smuggled goods . The total weight of seized smuggled items is 34,594 kgs while the goods were loaded on s non- duty paid trailer. The seized items include 22,860 kgs glassware, 240 kgs plastic dust bin, 1200 kgs kitchen set fruit basket, 3400 kgs small fruit basket, 600 kgs plastic handle basket ( landri), 120 kgs plastic jugs and 3,235 kgs freezer pack boxes.
Sources told Customs Today that Additional Director Customs Khushab Azmat Tahira received a credible information regarding the smuggling of the said items. After receiving information she formed a raiding team comprising Malik Javeed (SIO ), Ch Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Saleem, (IO), havadar Sajjad Ahmed and Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Ashrif Qureshi, Muhammad Shahbaz (Sepoys).
The Customs team intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number TLQ-448 near Sargodha by-pass and asked the owner of the goods, who was identified as Muhammad Khalid son of Muhammad Siddiq, a resident of Dowhota Colony Muhammad Ali Road Lahore, to produce documents regarding possession of the goods but he failed to produce the documents. After which, the Customs team seized the goods and vehicle and registered a case against the suspect.