ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I and I) Islamabad has seized Rs 1.2 billion smuggled goods and registered 217 cases against smugglers, besides arresting nine suspects during July and August 2015.
Deputy Director headquarters Khaldunul Haq told Customs Today that during the course of anti-smuggling activities in July and August of 2015, the Directorate General investigation Islamabad recovered Rs 1.2 billion smuggled goods from different parts of the country, including 167,623 yards cloth worth Rs 20 million, 1,410 kgs smuggled tea having worth of Rs 0.4 million while 112 offending vehicles having worth of Rs 167 million were also seized during the July and August 2015.
He added that 433,800 liters of diesel worth Rs 25 million was seized, electronics goods worth of Rs 821 million, Rs 1 million smuggled medicines and tyres, tubes and auto parts Rs 10 million were also seized. He said that 5,064 dandas of foreign smuggled cigarettes and Gutka worth Rs 4.6 million were also seized during the anti-smuggling drives in the two months.
He added that 60 non-duty paid vehicles worth of Rs 75 million, miscellaneous goods worth of Rs 101 million, Mobil oil and grease worth Rs 9 million as well as 55,000 kgs of smuggled diesel having worth of Rs 1.8 million was also seized during anti- smuggling activities.
He added that during recent month, 217 cases were registered against smugglers and arrested nine suspects while further investigation are underway.
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