KARACHI: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta frustrated a bid to smuggle imported perfumes, watches, body sprays, and jewelery items worth Rs06million during a special checking.
Tuesday, Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Muhammad Akram Chaudhary received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle said goods from Quetta into other cities.
He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Superintendent Majid Siddique and others. The team enhanced the surveillance on Kali Ismail Road Quetta and started searching of vehicles.
During the search operation, the team intercepted a passenger van with registration No: QZ-7634 which was going from Quetta to other cities. During the checking, the customs team recovered 1000 bottles of imported perfumes, 300 imported non-duty-paid watches, 5,000 body sprays, and a large number of imported artificial jewellery valued at Rs06million.
The customs team seized all the items and arrested two smugglers including a driver who were identified Ghulam Ali, and Raja Kamran. Source said that, before this raid, the Custom Intelligence team held five smugglers who belonged to this gang.
The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta registered an FIR against the smugglers and started investigations.
