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LANDI KOTAL: Customs authorities seized large quantity of arms from a truck at Torkham border here on Wednesday.
Officials said that a truck carrying fresh vegetables and steel scrap had arrived at the border point from Afghanistan on Monday (July 16) and was parked at the customs terminal for customs clearance.
The customs staff during examination spotted some arms packed in gunny bags concealed in hidden cavities of the vehicle. Officials said that upon opening of the bags, they found 305 repeater guns which they immediately seized.
Driver of the vehicle managed to escape while his assistant was taken into custody and the vehicle was also impounded.
Published in Dawn, July 19th, 2018
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Jul 19, 2018 09:02am
"Driver of the vehicle managed to escape while his assistant was taken into custody and the vehicle was also impounded" WHY n HOW Driver managed to escape?
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Jul 19, 2018 09:30am
What percentage of these shipments make it across the border?
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Jul 19, 2018 10:53am
how the driver managed to escape ??
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Jul 19, 2018 11:34am
300 guns in a single vehicle ?!?!?!?! How so? It must be a pretty huge one
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Jul 19, 2018 12:44pm
This is what is coming from afgan side to Pakistan
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Jul 19, 2018 09:57pm
Excellent work but also disappointing that driver got away. Surely a better system is required when checking any vehicle.
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Jul 19, 2018 09:58pm
Just hope the driver doesn't return in guise at a later date.
Publicise any CCTV photos widely. These murders need to be stopped.
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