KARACHI: The anti-smuggling organization (ASO) MCC Preventive Lahore raided a warehouses and recovered smuggled goods including betel nut worth Rs7.5 million.

Information was received through Additional Collector Tayyaba Kayani regarding presence of non-duty paid goods at a warehouse.

Deputy Collector Muhammad Moazzam Raza along with Superintendent ASO Agha Qadeer Haider, after obtaining search warrant from the Court, raided on a warehouse situated at Brandreth road Lahore and recovered large quantity of non duty paid smuggled welding electrode and smuggled betel nut worth Rs7.5 million.

The raiding team also included Inspectors Zafar Iqbal,Nasir Saeed, Shahid Bhatti, Saleem Shahid, Sajjad Bukhari, Azam Wattoo, Rao Mansoor Elahi Inspectors,

Furthermore during the last week of August, the ASO teams detained Mercedes Benz E-300 car, Model 2002, Honda Reborn Model 2010, Ball Bearings 3500 Kgs, tamarind (Imli) 100 bags containing 5000 kgs,

Crocerk ctns 145, Shampoo 80 ctns, along with Isuzu truck, cigarettes of assorted brands worth Rs15 million. Cases have been registered and further investigations are under way.