Pakistan Customs at Jinnah International Airport on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle worth nearly 300 million rupees through the Karachi International Mail Office.
According to the FBR, officers of the Collectorate of Customs Airports Karachi’s Airport Cargo Control Unit (ACCU) seized 9,455 MDMA (Ecstasy) pills during inspection. The pills are valued at Rs 299,791,000.
The drugs had been concealed inside speakers and an ID lamp in a parcel received from Germany. The shipment had been falsely declared as containing clothes, socks, and music boxes.
Customs authorities have launched further investigations to identify the recipients and facilitators involved in the smuggling attempt.
Earlier, Pakistan Customs prevented illicit narcotics worth Rs. 114 million from entering the country in two separate attempts at Karachi airport.
In the first incident, Customs officers intercepted a parcel from Thailand that had been falsely declared as containing amulets. Upon inspection, they discovered 1.69 kilograms of marijuana, valued at Rs. 52 million.
In a separate operation, officials seized 1,945 MDMA (Ecstasy) pills worth Rs. 62 million from a parcel arriving from Belgium. The shipment had been misdeclared as a vacuum cleaner.
