MULTAN: The Sadiqabad Customs officials seized 10 smuggled Iranian diesel-laden tankers worth millions of rupees from national highway Kot Sabzal and other areas of the tehsil.
The Customs carried out the special operation following a tip-off that smuggled Iranian diesel is being transported to Punjab from Sindh and Balochistan provinces. Acting swiftly, the Customs officials conducted whirlwind raids and seized 10 oil tankers, carrying thousands of litres smuggled Iranian diesel.
The Customs officials informed that a mafia involved in the business of smuggled Iranian diesel and other petroleum products have been causing huge losses to the national exchequer. They claimed that the seized diesel worth in millions of rupees. They pledged to spare no effort to root out this menace. The officials impounded the oil tankers and launched further investigation.