QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigations seized huge quantity of non duty paid international cigarettes worth Rs 9 million on Monday night.
Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Irfan Javed received creditable information that some smugglers are trying to smuggle non duty paid International brand cigarettes from Quetta to different cities.
He immediately constituted a raiding team. The team enhanced the vigilance on the Balili cheack post and started a search operation of vehicles. During the search, the team intercepted a truck bearing registration no: TLL-763 , which was heading out of city.
During the checking, the customs team recovered Thousand packets of different brands non duty paid international cigarettes and arrested 2 persons who were boarded on vehicle.
Sources told that Customs Intelligence and Investigations Quetta are doing a wonderful performance against smuggling, and it was 13 raids in the month of October.
