Smuggled goods worth millions of rupees confiscated

Goods were stored at a private warehouse in Mauripur

KARACHI:

The Directorate Customs Intelligence Karachi, during its campaign against smuggling recovered smuggled good worth millions of rupees in a period from July 2023 to February 2024.

Deputy Director Customs Intelligence Karachi Wasif Malik told The Express Tribune that in light of the instructions of DG Customs Intelligence Faiz Ahmed Chadhar, smuggled items worth Rs100 million were seized in intelligence-based operations during the month of February 2024 alone.

He maintained that in the latest operation, four containers containing smuggled goods have been recovered from a private warehouse in Mauripur. The goods recovered from containers included 76,00kg of cloth, 30,000 locks, hardware, crockery, stationery items, toothpaste and other miscellaneous products.

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He said that the value of the smuggled goods recovered from this private warehouse is Rs510 million. The recovered smuggled goods were first smuggled to Quetta and then these goods were being transported to a private warehouse in Mauripur.

He said that the directorate had received the information that the said warehouse in Mauripur was used to store smuggled goods. The teams of customs Intelligence and Keamari district police cordoned off the area and then conducted a raid. A case was registered. Further investigations are underway.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2024.