Islamabad: Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation, Federal Board of Revenue, in first six months of financial year 2016-17, country wide various operations against illegal trade and smuggling has seized and impounded miscellaneous goods including electronics items, cigarettes, foreign-origin cloths, non duty paid cars from Afghanistan and offending vehicles, gutka, auto spare parts, arms and ammunition, Iranian diesel and petrol, pan-parag zafrani pati, toiletries, toys, food grains, dinners and crockery sets, blankets, black tea, timber, grease and mobil oil amounting to Rs. 2.05 billion.
Customs I&I, in separate anti smuggling operations against narcotics, has recovered 418 kilogram weed, 10 kilogram opium, 100 kilogram fine quality heroin and 2400 kilogram poppy straws, worth billions of rupees in international markets.
Customs I&I has lodged 656 FIRs and arrested 33 persons. Chairman FBR, Nisar Muhammad Khan, appreciated the performance of the Customs Intelligence and hoped that they will continue to work with same zeal and sprit in future.
Director General Shaukat Ali expressed the hope that after induction of new staff the performance of the directorates may be doubled till the end of current financial year.
The seized miscellaneous goods includes Iranian smuggled diesel worth Rs. 95.82 million, 85,280 liters petrol worth Rs. 3.7 million, electronics items worth Rs. 71.62 million, 73,996 bars of foreign-originated cigarettes worth Rs. 21.61 million, 1,27,056 kilogram black tea worth Rs. 54.98 million, gutka worth Rs.12.06 million, tyers and tubes worth Rs.12.73million, blankets worth Rs. 1.4 million, toys worth Rs.3.5 million and arms and ammunition worth Rs.5.2 million during the above-mentioned period.
