LAHORE: Customs officials have confiscated about 18 wine bottles from passengers travelling via different flights during a raid on Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Sources told Customs Today that the officers carried out operations in different flights coming from Dubai to Lahore, Turkey to Lahore, Jeddah to Lahore and Muscat to Lahore. Customs took action in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight 790, PK 888, PK 204, Turkish airways flight 715, Gulf Air 790 and Saudi Air flight 726.
During the actions in these flights, customs staff recovered 18 bottles of alcohol. Customs allowed all the passengers to go after the seizure of alcohol bottles from their possession.
Customs has also confiscated one LED of 32 inches from a passenger. Dozens of cell phones, wireless sets and mobile accessories were also recovered from Lahore airport.
The security officers have launched an investigation into the matter. It is a common practice that passengers, coming from European countries, carry bottles of alcohol with them but many times they leave them on the premises of the airport to avoid arrest.
