GWADAR: Customs Collectorate Gwadar confiscated various non-duty paid items, including hashish, bottles of wines, non-duty paid machinery, air conditioners, room coolers, imported watches and many other things worth Rs 12.35 million in 17 days of September.
Source told Customs Today that on a tip-off regarding the possible smuggling of non-duty paid items, the Collector Gwadar constituted a team of Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) under the supervision of Customs Preventive Inspector Ghulam Kakar. The team, during a search operation, intercepted a truck bearing registration no: SK:3456 which was going to Mirpur Khas.
During the search operation, the customs team found 15 kilogram of fine quality hashish and two packets of opium worth Rs 1.8 million.
The team impounded all the items including truck which was being used to smuggle these norcotics and arrested 3 smugglers identified who were later identified as Gul Rehman, Noman Baheer and Waheed Khaskheli. The customs team registered FIR against accused persons and started investigations.