Ministry of Commerce told the committee that TCP had imported 100,000 tons of wheat while Passco imported 460,000 tons. PHOTO: FILE
The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on Friday foiled three bids to smuggle wheat and flour besides seizing 580 bags.
According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad police confiscated three vehicles loaded with 580 bags weighing 100 kg per bag including 230 flour and 350 wheat.
He said that police arrested three drivers namely Muzrab Shah, Mian Rehman and Abdul Wahab for violating the ban on wheat and flour smuggling.
The authorities concerned had been directed to strictly monitor district exit points to control wheat smuggling, he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2022.
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