QUETTA: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) has seized 8,000 liters of smuggled diesel worth Rs0.94 million, which was being transported in a Hino truck. The value of the vehicle, also impounded, is Rs7.0 million.
Sources said that credible information was received from Director Muhammad Ismail that a Hino truck loaded with diesel is plying near Noshki, Quetta.
Deputy Director Syed Raza Naqvi mounted surveillance. During the course of surveillance, the staff of Intelligence & Investigation Customs comprising Intelligence Officer S. Hamid Habib, LDC Zuhaib Mujeeb and sepoys, intercepted the said Hino Truck loaded with Diesel in Extra Fitted Tank.
The intercepted vehicle was brought to the office of the Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation – Customs, Quetta for further probe.
Sources said a crackdown was launched on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan against smuggling and corruption. Authorities have tightened the grip so hard that smuggling is reduced to minimal, and smugglers are forced to transport smuggled commodity through novel methods, such as through hidden tanks in poultry trucks.
