QUETTA: Pakistan Customs’ Quetta Collectorate foiled two attempts of smuggling huge quantities of foreign goods and seized contraband worth around Rs75 million in Nushki and Kuchlak areas on Saturday.

Two teams of Customs headed by senior officials, after getting information about movement of smuggled goods to Quetta and other areas of the country, conducted operations in Nushki and Kuchlak areas with the help of Frontier Corps personnel.

The operations began late in the evening and continued till midnight at both the places.

Smuggled goods, including 13,190kg betel nuts, 1,000kg glassware, 210kg cloth, 400kg welding rods, 50 tyres, two petrol pump dispensing units, medicines and auto parts, where dumped in warehouses in the Kuchlak area for hiding contraband.

Simultaneously, the operation in the Nushki area resulted in seizure of two trucks on RCD Highway along with 6,090kg betel nuts, 718kg cloth and 79 tyres.

“The goods seized in both the operations are estimated to be worth Rs75m,” a spokesman for the Quetta Customs Collectorate said.

Published in Dawn, March 14th, 2021