QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has foiled a bid to smuggle different items including black plastic Dana, tyres, radiators, wheels and other goods worth Rs8million during a special checking.
Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Muhammad Akram Chaudhary received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle above said items from Quetta into Afghanistan.
He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Superintendent Arif Ali and others. The team enhanced the surveillance near Market Road and started searching vehicles.
During the search operation, the team intercepted a truck bearing registration No: AQ-7523 which was going out of Quetta. During the checking, the customs team recovered 60 bags of black plastic Dana, 150 tyres, 100 imported radiators (Japan made) and 50 wheels worth Rs8million. The customs team seized all the items and arrested two smugglers including a driver who were later identified as Qayum Shah and Badshah Khan.
The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta registered an FIR against the smugglers and started investigations. The team also impounded the truck being used for smuggling.
