Flour seized in Darra

Published May 31, 2008

KOHAT, May 30: Security forces seized 3,600 maunds of flour in Darra Adamkhel which was being smuggled to Afghanistan on Friday.

According to sources, the security forces and political administration, stationed at Spin Thana, stopped six trucks each carrying 300 bags of 80kg flour and seized the commodity being taken to the neighbouring country from Punjab via Kohat.

The drivers were sent to the lock-up of the tribal administration and the vehicles were impounded.

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