QUETTA: Customs Intelligence and Investigations expedited their efforts to curb smuggling. The Collectorate seized smuggled items worth Rs7.6 million in first twelve days which included Iranian diesel, Iranian juices, large number of non duty paid mobile phones, electronics items, fake number plates and different other things.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Customs Preventive Junaid Mehmood received credible information that some smugglers are trying to smuggle Indian silk to Hyderabad.
He immediately constituted a raiding team. The team enhanced vigilance in the area of Bara Market and started searching operation of vehicles, after some time the team intercepted the truck bearing registration number KS-3487 which was coming from Karachi. During checking checking, custom officer found 8000 meters of Indian silk. The team seized all cloth. The market value of seized Idnian silk cloth is Rs4.7 million.
Sources told that during another crackdown the Customs Quetta team seized two non customs paid molding machines. The team raided in small factory located in Highway Road, during different operations and recovered two German origin molding machines. The customs team arrested the watchman of factory. The market value of molding machines is Rs5.6 millon.
