GWADAR: The Customs Collectorate seized big quantity of electronics items and non-duty paid mobile phones worth Rs 12.58 million on Monday morning.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Gwadar received secret information that some smugglers are trying to smuggle big quantity of electronics items and mobile phones from Gwadar to Karachi.
After receiving this information, he constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Customs Preventive Inspector Yousuf Yahya Khan and others. The team, during a search operation near Gwadar Highway, intercepted a truck bearing registration no GBS-8261.
During a search, the team impounded 200 sets of electric stove , 2000 Juicer blenders, 100 piece of LED TVs and 200 non duty paid mobile phones valued at Rs 12.58 million including truck were being used for smuggling.
The team seized all the smuggled items and arrested the truck driver. Sources told that customs team after registering a case of smuggling against the accused persons started investigations.