SARGODHA
\nThe district administration in Sargodha seized a large quantity of locally manufactured cigarettes during a raid in Madh Ranjha,a suburb of Tehsil Kotmoman, officials said on Saturday.
\nActing on the directives of Deputy Commissioner(DC) Chaudhry,a joint operation was carried out by the para force,tehsildar and revenue team under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Kotmoman Akhtar Malik.
\nDuring the raid,15,000 packets of cigarettes were recovered and taken into custody.
\nAccording to initial investigations,the cigarettes were being manufactured at the facility without payment of applicable duties and taxes.
\nThe premises were reportedly being used as both a production unit and a warehouse.
\nThe administration sealed the factory on the spot and initiated the process of registering a case against those involved.
\nDC said that indiscriminate action against tax evasion and illegal production would continue,adding that such networks would be taken to their logical end in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SARGODHA The district administration in Sargodha seized a large quantity of locally manufactured cigarettes during a raid in Madh Ranjha,a suburb of Tehsil Kotmoman, officials said on Saturday. Acting on the directives of Deputy Commissioner(DC) Chaudhry,a joint operation was carried out by the para force,tehsildar and revenue team under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Kotmoman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n