Customs seizes smuggled diesel

The federal government has taken up this challenge to identify scores of illegal fuel stations dealing in sale

QUETTA:

The Pakistan Customs has expedited its anti-smuggling efforts in the border areas to curb the trade of smuggled diesel.

The incumbent federal government has taken up this challenge to identify scores of illegal fuel stations dealing in sale and distribution of smuggled diesel from Iran.

Chief Collector Balochistan Gul Rehman said that his team has been taking concrete measures to discourage organised smuggling.

In a joint operation with the Frontier Corps, Customs recovered 100,000 liters of Iranian diesel worth millions of rupees along with two Hino tankers.

Federal government has ordered a countrywide crackdown against the smuggling of goods which according to the government is causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 1^st, 2021.