LAHORE: As part of measures to eliminate the menace of smuggling, Pakistan Customs seized contraband items worth Rs7409.328 million during last financial year.
According to detail, the smuggled items include cloth, tea, tyres & tubes, Iranian diesel, polyethylene HDPE Plastic Dana, cigarettes, electronic appliances, NDP/smuggled vehicles, generators and auto parts.
On the other hand, the department claimed that it had traced main routes of smuggling as well as the areas/cities where smuggled goods were stored, supplied and consumed.
The Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation of FBR has launched a massive crackdown on owners of warehouses where smuggled goods are kept.
Consignments of generators, cloth, tea, plastic dana, air conditioners, LED TVs, and cigarettes etc. have been seized from warehouses located in various cities.
The Customs sources informed that to strengthen the anti-smuggling operations, the Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation had been designated as focal agency to pool available resources to curb the menace.
The sources said that the assistance from other Law Enforcement Agencies had also been solicited and stern action had been taken against the smugglers including registration of FIRs.
The sources cited that more than 70 illegal petrol pumps, involved in the sale of illegal Iranian petrol and diesel had been demolished with the assistance of the districts administration, the Police and Rangers in various parts of the country.
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