KARACHI: Directorate Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta has thwarted a bid to smuggle non-custom-paid mobile phones, batteries, chargers and other accessories priced at Rs5.28million during a special checking.
On Friday morning, 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 said items from Quetta into Karachi.
He constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Inspector Kazim Rizvi (Preventive Department) and others. The team enhanced the surveillance on Quetta Highway Road and started searching of vehicles.
During a search operation, the team intercepted a passenger bus bearing registration No: QC-2830 which was going from Quetta to Karachi.
During the checking, the customs team recovered 150 sets of non-duty-paid smart fones, 4000 batteries of smart fones, 8000 mobile chargers and so many different accessories worth Rs5.28million.
The customs team impounded all the mobile phones and accessories and arrested two smugglers. During the investigation, smugglers said that they purchased said items from Quetta Bara market in order to sell them in Karachi.
