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Smuggling bid foiled: Five truckloads of goods seized

Custom team have taken items worth Rs42 million into custody.

Our Correspondent December 25, 2012 Less than a minute read

According to the preliminary investigation, the suspected smuggler had also been smuggled goods from Peshawar to Lahore in past years. PHOTO: INP/ FILE

RAWALPINDI:

The Customs officials on Monday foiled a bid to smuggle goods worth millions of rupees from Peshawar to Lahore and arrested one of the suspected smugglers, police said on Monday.

On the directions of Additional Director, Customs Operation, Junaid Jalil Khan, a team comprising of Customs Intelligence officials and Model Customs Collectorate intercepted five trucks loaded with goods on Motorway (M-1) near Rawalpindi.

The occupants of the trucks opened fire at the team and escaped while taking advantage of darkness.

However, the Customs team arrested one of their accomplices and took the five loaded trucks containing 25 yards imported silk cloth, 630 TV sets, three air conditioners, 210 imported tyres and other items worth Rs42 million into custody.

According to the preliminary investigation, the suspected smuggler had also been smuggled goods from Peshawar to Lahore in past years.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 25^th, 2012.