TANK: The district police on Friday seized non custom paid (NCP) items worth Rs 5 million within the limits of Gomal police station. According to the Police spokesman, the Tank police have adopted a zero tolerance policy against all types of smuggling in Tank in the light of the orders of Regional Police Officer Dera Ismail Khan Nasir Mehmood Satti, the special instructions of District Police Officer Tank Iftikhar Ali Shah. As part of the ongoing drive, a police team led by Gomal Police Station SHO Asghar Wazir acting on on a tip-off on a dirt road at Sheikh Atar area inspected three vans which were smuggling NCP goods to Dera Ismail Khan. During checking, the police recovered 141 tons of non-customs paid women’s cloth, 42 cotton pencils, 12 cotton platinum company cigarettes, 10 cotton paan and one bag of green tea worth around Rs 5,000,000. APP
He said that NCP items were handed over to the customs authorities for further legal action.
