KARACHI: Pakistan Railways officials on Thursday foiled the bid to smuggle 460 mobile phones through train, ARY News reported.
“The mobile phones were recovered during checking from a passenger when he disembarked from the train,” said the PR officials.
They said a case had been lodged against the suspect Mustafa Sikandar under the Customs Act.
The cell phone sets were sent from Faisalabad to Sargodha on Millat Express.
On April 9, the Airport Security Force (ASF) had foiled a bid to smuggle over 18 kilogrammes of heroin out of the country and arrested an alleged smuggler at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
According to ASF officials, a person namely Zaruf was to board a private airline flight for Birmingham via Dubai. Upon checking, more than 18 kilogrammes heroin was seized from the hidden pockets of his luggage.
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The value of the seized heroin was estimated at millions of rupees. The ASF handed the accused over to the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for further investigation.
Earlier, on April 7, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had seized 250 grammes of heroin hidden in a consignment of oil filters at the Allama Iqbal International Airport.
According to ANF officials, the consignment was to be shipped to Canada. Acting on a secret information, the officials checked the consignment, which led to recovery of heroin worth millions of rupees.
