SARA-I-MUHAJIR: Anti-Smuggling Organization seized 2150 kilograms of almonds during an action near Sara-i-Muhajir Chowk Bhakkar.
Sources told Customs Today that Assistant Collector Shah Samad Hamdani deputed Inspector Umar Bhatti, Muhammad Munawar Rathore, Havaldar Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Sepoys Safdar Hussain, Riaz Ahmed, Ziaul Hassan, Amin Bhatti to check vehicles on Sara-i-Muhajir Chowk under anti-smuggling campaign which has been stared on the orders of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Customs Jawwad Awais Agha. The team checked several vehicles.
Meanwhile, the team checked a passenger bus loaded with smuggled almonds 2150 kilograms Afghan origin. The team confiscated almonds after the owner Ahsanullah failed to produce documents regarding legal import of the items.
The passenger bus was released after necessary interrogation and team shifted the confiscated items to the store of Customs Collectorate. Additional Collector Muhammad Saeed Asad told Customs Today that the anti-smuggling campaign will continue in the region to tighten the noose around the smugglers.