Rangers seize smuggled cigarettes, betel nuts worth Rs 51 million

Author: News Desk

Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) on Friday foiled a reported bid of smuggling and recovered non-customs paid items at Abdul Jabbar Shaheed Check-post on the Sindh-Balochistan border near Jacobabad. The items, including 998 cartons of cigarettes and 64 bags of betel nuts, with a net worth of more than Rs 51 million, were recovered during the search of trucks and containers going from Quetta to Lahore and Multan, said a spokesperson of the Sindh Rangers.

The intelligence-based action was taken in line with the coordination between Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) and Pakistan Customs authorities to stop smuggling. All the recovered non-customs paid items were handed over to the Pakistan Customs authorities for further legal proceedings.

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