QUETTA: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement with the assistance of Taftan Rifles has recovered huge quantity of goods worth Rs2.705 billion during an anti-smuggling operation near Naukandi.
Sources told Customs Today that the seized items include 160950 kilograms of betel nuts, 1553 cartons of cigarettes, 12228 tyres, 1355 bags of Chinese salt, 1402 bundles of clothes, 1455 bags of sugar and brown sugar, 48 vehicles, and various other miscellaneous items such as solar panels, metal blocks, medicines, etc.
The Chief Collector of Baluchistan, Abdul Qadir Memon directed to use all available resources to curb the menace of smuggling in the province. The Collector of Enforcement, Muhammad Ismail, the Additional Collector, Rashid Munir enhanced monitoring in the region.
Customs Enforcement Quetta has vowed to continue its efforts to protect the national economy and the local industry from the harmful effects of smuggling.
