KARACHI: As part of the on-going enhanced operation against smuggling, the Anti Smuggling Division – North, MCC Peshawar has, in more than 80 separate cases, seized non-duty paid goods worth Rs220 million.
The smuggled goods seized include tea, cloth, etc., carrier vehicles, and non-duty paid cars. These include smuggled Afghan Transit Trade goods.
MCC Peshawar seized more than 250 bags of smuggled tea from a container and a dumper truck. The estimated worth of these seizures is more than Rs20 million.
The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Peshawar in collaboration with Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Peshawar has started a grand blockade and surveillance operation of main arteries of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in order to check the menace of smuggling of contraband goods and movement of anti social elements to transfer banned goods in parts of the country.
On the directives of Director General Customs Intelligence Imtiaz Ahmad the Collector MCC Peshawar Qurban Ali Khan was heading the operation. The focal persons of the operation are Ziaullah Shams Additional Director and Fazle-Samad an Additional Collector. Khayal Muhammad Deputy Director and Ali Asad Assistant Collector are head of the operation.