LAHORE: The Customs Preventive has seized smart mobile phones of assorted designs worth Rs 10.30 million at Allama Iqbal Airport from February 2014 to April 2016 and lodged FIRs against suspects, sources said.
Sources said that the Customs Preventive foiled bids to smuggle Samsung smart mobile phones worth Rs 4.1 million on November 2014 from Ch Abdul Waheed.
On February 16, 2015, the customs authorities foiled a bid to smuggle android mobile phones worth Rs 2.20 million from the airport. The customs lodged the FIR against the accused. However, the accused has been declared absconder while adjudication has ordered confiscation of the phones as legal.
Similarly, the Customs authorities seized Rs 4 million illegally imported mobiles of Samsung, Nokia, from accused Rehan Ahmad Zaidi. The sources told Customs Today that Ccollector of Customs Preventive Zulfiqar Younas has issued strict instructions to the customs airport authorities to be vigilant and prevent induction of illegally imported mobile in the local market.
