QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta frustrated a smuggling bid of a non-duty-paid mobile phones and mobile accessories priced at Rs4.35million.
Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Muhammad Akram Chaudhary received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle non-duty-paid mobile phones and mobile accessories from Quetta.
He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Superintendent Raheel Warsi and others. The team enhanced the surveillance on Quetta Kuchlak Road and started the search of vehicles.
The team intercepted a truck bearing registration No: QLM-2746 which was going from Quetta to Karachi loaded with office chairs. During the checking, the customs team recovered 150 latest model smart fones and different mobile accessories valued at Rs4.35million.
The customs team impounded all the mobile fones and a truck used in the smuggling and arrested two smugglers including a driver. Sources said that an F I R will be lodged after 48 hours.
