QUETTA: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Quetta confiscated huge number of luxury vehicles tires and imported wiper motors worth Rs 5.50 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Irfan Javed received a tip-off that some smugglers are trying to smuggle large number of luxury vehicles tires and imported wiper motors from Quetta to Karachi.
He immediately constituted a raiding team. The team incharge, Zahid Shah belongs to Customs Preventive and enhanced surveillance on the highway road and started searching of vehicles.
During the search operation, the team intercepted a 20 feet container bearing registration no: KH-0217 which was going out of the city.
During the checking, he customs team recovered 70 imported vehicles tyres and 500 luxury vehicles wiper motors worth Rs 5.50 million.
The customs team seized the all items and arrested three smugglers. The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation registered an FIR against the smuggler and start investigations. Source said it was a 2nd raid in the month of December.