QUETTA: Collector Ashraf Ali has said that the Customs officials have seized drugs worth more than Rs2 million and arrested two smugglers at Balili check post.
Addressing a press conference at Customs House, he said Balochistan Customs has intensified to curb smuggling bids, especially from the border areas of Afghanistan.
Ashraf Ali was flanked by additional collector Zubair Shah, Superintendent Saeed Baloch, Deputy Superintendent Ghulam Sawar and Hayatullah Durrani. He said two days back 1,500kg of drugs worth millions were seized.
Ali said acting on a tipoff that a huge cache of drugs will enter the country from Afghanistan, security had been tightened. During checking 476kg of charas was recovered from secret compartments of a truck. The truck was seized and two smugglers arrested.
“Customs staff with the help of Frontier Corps as well as other law enforcement agencies is working for eradication of drugs from the country,” he said, adding that Customs has been reorganised in Pak-Afghan and Iran border areas, adding that concrete steps were being taken for eradication of drugs from the region.
