PESHAWAR: The Customs Department foiled an attempt to smuggle 225 non-custom-paid Samsung mobile phones worth million of rupees at Peshawar.
According to Anti-Smuggling Division North of Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar, cell phones were seized during the duty hours on Tuesday in Peshawar.
The Anti-Smuggling Division staff of the Mobile Squad-2, including Inspector Adeel along with Superintendent Amanullah, Sepoy Faraz, intercepted a car at Peshawar during a checking when a number of cell-phones were recovered.
The mobile squad on duty asked for goods declaration document but two alleged persons failed to provide any record. So the accused smugglers were arrested and cell phones taken into possession.
An FIR has been registered and a case has been forwarded for further prosecution and investigation of the two accused smugglers. Further inquiry to trace the group involved in the crime will also be carried out.
DC Zakir Muhammad lauded the role of Inspector Adeel and his team in making such a seizure.
