GWADAR: Customs Collectorate Gwadar confiscated various non-duty paid items, including Commercial molding machines, generators, air conditioners, room coolers, imported watches, Iranian diesel, and many other things worth Rs 13.67 million during first 20 days of September.
Source told Customs Today that on a tip-off regarding the possible smuggling of narcotics and others items, the Collector Gwadar Junaid Mehmood constituted a team of Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) under the supervision of Customs Preventive Inspector Kamran Lashari. The team, during a search operation, intercepted a vehicle bearing registration no: KGS:9987 which was going to Pasni from Bar area.
During the search of the vehicle Customs team recovered a huge quantity of hashish and different kind of smart phones from vehicles (passenger van). The customs team found 15 packets of hashish and 100 set of smart mobile phones worth Rs 2.1 million.
The team impounded all the items including vehicle which was being used to smuggle these narcotics and mobile phones and arrested 3 smugglers who were later identified as Sarfaraz Ali , Nasir Jamshed and one unknown.
The customs team registered FIR against accused persons and started investigations. Sources said this is the 7th raid of Gwadar Customs during the current month of September.