MULTAN: The Customs authorities has foiled a smuggling bid and seized over one million litre of high speed diesel worth Rs90 million loaded on 18 trailers.
Addressing a news conference, Customs Collector Ambreen Tarar disclosed that the diesel was being smuggled from Iran and 18 truck drivers were arrested who had been produced before a special Customs judge.
The arrested drivers have been remanded into Customs custody for four days by the court. They told media that the customs duty on the caught diesel amounted to Rs65 million.