Tag: Smuggling
Customs Intelligence officer fears for his life
LAHORE: An officer of Customs Intelligence faces threats to his life from smugglers while his superiors are reluctant to take strict action against the powerful...
ASF arrests British national in bid to smuggle 1.75kg heroin
ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Sunday arrested a British national in a bid to smuggle 1.75kg heroin in his shoes at Benazir International...
Falcons caught! Inside the luggage of a smuggler
QUETTA: A man, traveling from Sharjah, was caught at Quetta International Airport smuggling four falcons in his luggage, on Monday morning.
Airport officials asked the...
Judicial remand of Czech model extended
The judicial remand of Tereza Hluskova, a Czech model detained for trying to smuggle heroin from the Allama Iqbal International Airport, was extended for...
PCG foils diesel smuggling attempt; five held
KARACHI: Pakistan Coast Guard (PCG) has arrested five persons involved in smuggling of diesel and recovered 75000 liters of Iranian diesel from their possession.
The PCG...
Maghopir police seize 25,000 litres of smuggled diesel
KARACHI: Manghopir police claimed to have foiled a bid to smuggle 25,000 litres of Iranian diesel on Northern Bypass area of the city on...
PIA fires 13 employees in heroin smuggling case: report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday submitted a detailed investigative report before the Senate Special Committee about the incident where huge amounts...
ASF seizes three kg gold from smugglers
KARACHI: Airport Security Force (ASF) arrested two gold smugglers and recovered three kg gold from their possession at Jinnah International Airport Karachi in the...
ASF foil bid to transport 1kg heroin to Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad airport authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle one kg contraband out of the country. Airport Security Force (ASF) officials at Benazir Bhutto International...
Govt making efforts to curb smuggling, sale of fake medicines, Senate...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Balighur Rahman said on Monday that the government was making all-out efforts to curb smuggling and...
Exotic Indonesian birds caught being smuggled in drain pipes
A wildlife raid in Indonesia yielded startling results after 125 exotic birds were found squashed into pipes, BBC reported.
Police say 84 Eclectus parrots and...
Customs officials recover weed worth over Rs15 million
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs on Saturday foiled a bid to smuggle weed and arrested an accused identified as Shah Muhammad, a resident of Quetta Saryab...
40,000 liters of smuggled Iranian diesel seized
KARACHI: The police have foiled a bid to smuggle forty thousand litres of Iranian diesel to Mouchko area of the city on Friday night.
Kemari...
PIA steward involved in smuggling set free after meagre fine
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) steward Muhammad Shoaib, who was caught red-handed while smuggling, has been set free by the enquiry committee after being...
Bid to smuggle nine falcons to Qatar foiled
LAHORE: The Airport Security Force (ASF) and wildlife department on Tuesday foiled a bid to smuggle nine precious falcons worth more than Rs50 million to Qatar and...
Four kgs of gold retrieved from passenger at Lahore airport
LAHORE: At least four kilogrammes of gold was seized by Customs authorities from a passenger travelling from Manchester at the Allama Iqbal International Aiport on...
Bid to smuggle smartphones worth Rs48m foiled
Karachi: Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (I&I) has thwarted an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of foreign origin smartphones of assorted brands from...