RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Preventive on Friday claimed to have confiscated 23 tons of betel nuts from an unknown warehouse located at SITE area.

Speaking at a press conference, collector preventive said that credible information was received that huge quantity of smuggled betel nuts were stored in a warehouse at SITE area. Reacting on this information, a team of Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) carried out raid at the said place in the evening of August 2, 2018 that led the recovery of 23 tons of betel nut, 25 tons of packing material and 400 empty drums of bitumen.

The preventive department further claimed that this was second successful raid conducted by the department during recent days against smuggled goods after a raid in bus terminal at Yousuf Goth Karachi. Consequent upon recovery, the case has been registered and further investigation is in progress.