MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs team seized two Mazda trucks loaded with smuggled vehicles and miscellaneous goods of worth Rs.20 million during their anti-smuggling operation.
Multan Customs Collector Saud Imran Ahmad received credible information from their source, that smuggled goods and vehicles have been entered in the Multan region and they will be transported to other city.
Collector Customs formed special team of Anti-Smuggling Organization team including Superintendent Habib ur Rehman, Inspector Aziz ur Rehman, Inspector Rana Mujtaba Noon, Inspector Ghulam Asghar and others to carry out anti-smuggling operation against them on the basis of intelligence to foil their attempt of smuggling.
Customs anti-smuggling teams intercepted two loaded Hino Mazda trucks having registration numbers of TKZ-246/Quetta and JV-3484/Sindh which were loaded with smuggled vehicles including cigarettes, ready-made garments, blankets, carpets, jerseys, rugs and others. Seized trucks have concealed the non-customs paid vehicles and goods under huge quantity of Cauliflower.
During the preliminary investigation of Multan Customs they found that smugglers were trying to smuggle said goods and vehicles under the garb of vegetables and they were coming from Lora Lai Baluchistan and their destination was Faisalabad.
During the anti-smuggling operation of Multan Customs, local police were also called to avoid any resistances from accused. Anti-smuggling squad successfully captured Hino Mazda trucks which were loaded with Toyota Premio and Toyota Corolla X and miscellaneous goods of worth Rs.20 million during their action.
Multan Custom teams arrested four accused Khaliq Dad, Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Qasim and Izzat ullah in charge of smuggling during their action. Multan Customs has also lodged criminal case against arrested smugglers and four days physical remand has been granted by Customs Judge to Multan Customs against the accused for further investigation .Further Investigations against smuggled goods and vehicles were still underway.