QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigations Quetta expedited its efforts to foil the attempts of smuggling. The collectorate seized smuggling items worth Rs11.2million in 25 days of the current month.
Sources told reporter that confiscated goods included plastic powder, Iranian juices, commercial molding machines, commercial generators, Iranian grease and break oil , hashish, plastic Dana, computer accessories, Iranian diesel, electronics and other items.
The sources told CT that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Irfan Javed received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle computer accessories and different kinds of laptop systems, portable hard drives, DVDs, quantity of heavy speakers and USBs from Quetta into different cities.
He immediately constituted a raiding team. The team enhanced the vigilance in the Mastung area and started a search operation on vehicles. During the search, the team intercepted a passenger bus with registration No: LHA-654 which was heading out of city.
During the checking, the custom team recovered 200 portable hard drives 160 GBs, 30 non-duty-paid laptops, 200 pieces of DVd players, 50 sets of heavy speakers and a big quantity of 16 GB USBs. The value of the total items is Rs3.55million.
Three persons were arrested in this raid and an FIR was registered against smugglers who were later identified as Bus Driver Shahzad Khaskheli, Ameen Yousuf and Noor Ali.
Source said Director Customs Intelligence and Investigations Quetta Irfan Javed is holding a daily meeting with the team members and giving instructions to arrest the smuggling. Source said Irfan Javed appreciated the anti-smuggling team on the said performance.
