Rs80m non-custom paid cigarettes seized on motorway
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Motorway police, customs officials carried out joint operation
SARGODHA (Dunya News) - Motorway police and customs officials in a joint operation on Sial Motorway seized non-custom paid cigarettes worth Rs80million, Dunya News reported here on Thursday.
According to Sargodha customs officials, the joint operation was conducted following a tip-off that three truckloads with 600 cartons of cigarettes were present on Sial Motorway.
The customs officials and motorway police rushed to the scene and intercepted the trucks and after thorough checking of the vehicles, law-enforcers discovered five to seven million cigarettes kept in 600 cartons.
Later, the discovered articles were handed over to customs officials. Further investigation was under way. On the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Customs Department has intensified operations to check the sale of non-custom paid goods.
