KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) in a joint operation foiled the bid to smuggle huge quantity of foreign origin liquor and beer and seized the goods.

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Acting on information, the agencies deployed its boats and vessels on the monitoring of maritime routes. Subsequently, a boat was apprehended, which was loaded with smuggled liquor.

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DG PMSA, Rear Admiral Athar Mukhtar disclosed these details at a press conference on Thursday. He was accompanied by Director Customs Intelligence, Asif Marghoob Siddiqui.

The seized goods include 13500 bottles and cans having a market value of millions of rupees. Asif Marghoob siddiqui said that PMSA has played a commendable role against smuggling and large quantity of smuggled goods including diesel and liquor had been seized in past.

He said that Customs had initiated a rigorous campaign against smuggling as per the anti-smuggling strategy formulated by DG I&I Lutfullah Virk.

To a question, Athar Mukhtar said that PSMA was ready to perform anti-smuggling operations and added that they had got approval to procure five more boats to better equip the agency.