KARACHI: The Customs Collectorate Gwadar has seized a large number of smuggling items including hashish, bottles of wine, Iranian diesel, blankets, shawls, mobile phones and so many other things worth Rs8.88million in 23 days of March.
Source said the Customs Collectorate Gwadar has impounded a big quantity of international quality of smuggling hashish and non-custom-paid artificial jewellery valued at Rs2.12million on Friday morning.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Gwadar received secret information that some smugglers are trying to smuggle said items. He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Customs Preventive Inspector Ch. Allah Buksh and others. The team, during a search operation in the Bara Area, intercepted a passenger bus bearing registration No: GM-4523.
During a search, the team impounded some 20kg of processed intoxication herbs called hashish and about 50 sets of artificial jewellery valued at Rs2.12million. The team took into possession all the smuggling items and a passenger bus and held three alleged smugglers including a bus driver and a conductor. The customs team registered an FIR against the accused persons and started investigations.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Customs Collectorate Gwadar has impounded non-duty-paid split air-conditioners and their parts, hashish and bottles of wines during the past eight days of March. The price of the confiscated items is Rs11.55million.
