ISLAMABAD: The Customs officials have foiled the two smuggling bids of foreign currency at Torkham border and seized an amount of $40,000 from two passengers traveling to Afghanistan during the last five days. According to the Customs department, the organization was carrying out strict vigilance on specific information on the smuggling of foreign currency through borders. During the last five days, the department made two seizures totaling $40,000 \u2013 $20,000 each from two passengers during the body search and luggage scanning at the Torkham border crossing point. As per details, the Customs staff of Enforcement intercepted an Afghani passenger namely Aqdas Arial, daughter of Gul Muhammad having Passport No. P00149377 on Thursday. During the body search, the Customs officials recovered US$ 20000 from her shoulder bag. Similarly, on November 12, the Customs staff of Enforcement had intercepted a Pakistani passenger namely Azhar Akbar, son of Gul Taj Khan, bearing Passport No. WM1334701. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: The Customs officials have foiled the two smuggling bids of foreign currency at Torkham border and seized an amount of $40,000 from two passengers traveling to Afghanistan during the last five days. According to the Customs department, the organization was carrying out strict vigilance on specific information on the smuggling of foreign currency through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-295896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n