25/10/2022
A team of the Customs Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation (I&I) on Monday raided a warehouse, set up at a private school, and seized smuggled goods worth Rs856m.
According to officials, Customs Additional Director Rizwan Bashir-led team, comprising deputy director Ali Asad and Superintendent Rai Waqar, was tipped off about smuggled goods at the warehouse on the Raiwind Road. It raided the site inside Think and Grow School on Raiwind Road, and recovered smuggled fabric, shoes, cosmetics, tools, furniture, toys, crockery and electronics.
The recovered goods included expired cosmetics worth Rs60m. The material related to removal of expiry dates and their substitution with new dates was also found. The goods included fabric of assorted colours in rolls weighing 64,480kg worth Rs320m, 14,896 litres of cosmetics (expired) worth Rs60m, shoes of assorted colours (15,981 pairs) worth Rs40m, electronics weighing 140kg worth Rs291m, 33,644 kg crockery worth Rs113m, furniture (2,250 pieces) worth Rs14m, battery-operated toys/scooters/cars and strollers (394 pieces) worth Rs10m, tiles brand cicogres (150 cartons) worth Rs4.5m, electric & manual tools (92 pieces) worth Rs1m and rechargeable scooties (two units) worth Rs0.5m.
