SUKKUR: District administration officials sealed a flour mill after finding thousands of wheat sacks and hundreds of flour bags hoarded in the mill’s warehouse during a crackdown against hoarders in the city on Friday.

A team of officials conducted raid on Junejo Flour mill and found 38,250 bags of wheat, 326 bags of flour weighing 40 and 10 kilos.

The action was taken over growing public complaints that huge stocks of wheat and flour had been hoarded inside the mill.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2020

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