QUETTA: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) team recovered goods which were being moved from one warehouse to another.
Sources told that Customs staff with the assistance of Police successfully managed to recover the snatched vehicle and smuggled betel nut.
Sources said that Custom Intelligence and Investigation Quetta had seized a LPG bowser loaded with smuggled betel nuts near Lakpass. Bowser was shifted to Farooq warehouse located at airport road same day.
Director Muhamad Ismail advised Deputy Director Amjad Rajpar to move the seized goods to Aryiana warehouse located at western bypass due to space constraints.
During the movement, some scoundrels stopped, opened fire and snatched the truck loaded with contraband items and a car in use of Custom Inspector Hamid Habib, who also received a bullet injury.
However, Custom staff kept chasing the culprits and after making strenuous efforts with help of Police recovered the snatched truck loaded with betel nuts, vehicle in use of Custom officer and also effected the recovery of Toyota Vigo. SSP Qazi Ali, SHO Babar Baloch and SI Khyzar were leading the Police party.
FIR is lodged at Kharotabad Police Station against Haji Dawood and Abdullah Khan and investigations are still underway till filing of this report.
