KARACHI: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta confiscated a big quantity of hashish and different kinds of tyres worth Rs6.58million.
Sources told reporter that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta Irfan Javed received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle hashish and non-duty-paid tyres from Quetta into different cities.
He immediately constituted a raiding team. Team In-Charge, Preventive Shafiq-ur-Rehman and others, enhanced surveillance on the Quetta Highway and started searching vehicles.
During the search operation, the team intercepted a truck bearing registration No: QBJ-2547 which was going out of the Quetta city.
During the checking, the customs team recovered 25kg of hashish behind the fuel tank and 100 non-duty-paid tyres.
The customs team seized all the items and arrested two smugglers including a driver. The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta registered an FIR against the smuggler and started investigations. Smugglers were identified as Zahid M Khan and Muneer Mohsin Wazeer.
Earlier, the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta confiscated a large number of mobile phones and vehicles’ batteries worth Rs6million and arrested three smugglers of Waheed Pathan group.