KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Gwadar has been making all out efforts to ensure smuggling of non-duty paid and contraband items are completely uprooted in the area of its jurisdiction.
In order to curb the menace of smuggling, the officers and officials of the Collectorate stay alert 24/7.
As a result of this strategy in the month of October, 2015, the Collectorate has seized smuggled goods and diesel worth Rs.28.36 million, Tausif Aman Gurchani, Assistant Collector (Preventive) MCC Gwadar said.
On credible information, the Collector, MCC Gwadar constituted a team of officers and officials, who on 11.10.2015 at 1300 hrs in coordination with Maritime Security Agency launched a successful operation in the open sea near Pishukan and seized two (02) Launches carrying 31,500 litres of smuggled HSD market value Rs.2.5 million. The value of Two Launches is Rs.8.0 million. Total value of HSD and Launches in this case comes to Rs.10.52 millions.
Three (03) smugglers were also arrested in the case. FIR has been lodged and further progress in the case is underway. In another operation, on 21-10-2015, an attempt to smuggle large quantity of foreign origin Liquor from Baluchistan to Karachi City through land route on Land Cruiser Vehicle was foiled near Ormara Station and Customs staff seized 1,209 Bottles worth Rs.4.3 million and the value of Vehicle is Rs.0.80 million. Total value of vehicle and foreign origin liquor comes to Rs.5.1 million.
The Collectorate further seized 08 non duty paid vehicles, which worth Rs.7.2 million. Furthermore, in different operations, the Collectorate also seized contraband / smuggled goods i.e., HSD, Cigarettes, Rani Juice, Chocolate Candy etc. worth Rs.5.56 million.
Therefore, total market value of seizures made by MCC Gwadar during the month of October, 2015.
