Customs Intelligence Foils Smuggling Attempt In Karachi

KARACHI (HRNW) Pakistan customs intelligence on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle 8103kg expired honey in Bahadurabad area of Karachi.

According to customs officials, the smugglers planned to sell the expired honey in the market after changing the expiry date as the officials have confiscated an expiry date machine as well.

The official said that the recovered machine and honey are worth more than Rs 2 crore.

In a separate raid, the customs officials recovered 30140kg Kenyan black tea from a warehouse in the Site area Haroonabad.

The black tea recovered by the customs officials is worth Rs 3.6 crore. The total value of the recovered items is Rs 5.7 crore.

The customs officials have registered FIRs against all the accused under the customs act.

The increase has been made in the head of monthly fuel adjustment for February. The authority will issue a detailed decision later.

The tariff raise, however, will not be applicable on the lifeline consumers of K-Electric.