GWADAR: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Gwadar has seized huge quantity of smuggled tyres and other goods, which were being transported to Karachi from Quetta.
Sources said that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Agha Saeed received authentic information about smuggling of goods. He immediately constituted an anti-smuggling squad under the supervision of Intelligence Officer Ali Raza Bhatti.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation team enhanced monitoring of the routes. The team intercepted a trailer at Camp Office Gaddani and recovered huge quantity of foreign origin tyres worth Rs7.8 million.
Moreover, a Daewoo bus was stopped and found to be loaded with miscellaneous goods including cloth, blankets & betel nuts. Value of the seized goods is Rs12.7 million. Further legal proceedings are in progress.
Moreover, Customs Gwadar seized 4.7 tons of betel nut from two mini-trucks at Panjgor. The betel nut was concealed under the crates of fruits and onions. Similarly, 3.5 tons of smuggled iron rods were recovered from a truck. The rods were concealed under sand. Value of the seized goods and vehicles comes to Rs45 million.
Chief Collector Baluchistan Gul Rehman and Collector Gwadar Chaudhry Javed have appreciated the efforts of the customs team for taking timely action against smuggling goods.
