QUETTA: The Pakistan Customs, Quetta directorate, has seized a huge quantity of drugs, copper, lead scrap and smuggled diesel worth Rs320 million during raids in Balochistan.

A spokesman for the Quet­­ta directorate of Pakistan Cu­­stoms said teams condu­c­ted raids in different areas and seized 50,000-litre diesel.

The seizure also includes copper and lead scrap, 4.5 kg of drugs (ice crystal), 40 kg of hashish, seven non-duty-paid vehicles including Lexus LX570 (2016); Toyota Prius (2016); Toyota Aqua (2015); and other vehicles valuing Rs86 million.

A case has been registered and investigations are underway.

Published in Dawn, March 16th, 2023

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