QUETTA: Collectorate of Customs Balochistan claimed to have seized 136000 litres foreign diesel and other gears worth Rs. 150 million in a joint operation conducted on Wednesday in Muslim Bagh area of the province in cooperation with Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan.

Ten trucks used for smuggling foreign gears were also taken into custody. According to a statement issued by the media cell of Collectorate of Customs, Balochistan, staff of customs posted at Ziarat cross check post of customs and Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan raided a convoy in Muslim Bagh area. 136000 litres foreign diesel and other foreign gears, including plastic bags, cigarette, foreign clothes, Chinese salt, tobacco, almond, water cooler, worth Rs150 million were seized from 10 trucks in the joint operation conducted in Muslim Bagh.

The seized gears, including trucks, were shifted to customs house, Quetta for further legal action. Operation was conducted by the staff of customs Ziarat cross under the supervision of Superintendent, Saleem Agha, Inspector Ahmed Nawaz Zehri and Inspector Bashir Wazeer in compliance with the directives of Chief Collector Customs, Muhammad Sadiq, Collector Customs (Preventive), Dr. Fareed Khan and Additional Collector, Afzal Ali.