ISLAMABAD, Dec 6 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of stimulant tablets worth nearly 299.8 million rupees (about 1.08 million U.S. dollars), in the southern Sindh province, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said, yesterday.
Officials of the Airport Cargo Control Unit, at the Karachi International Mail Office, seized 9,455 MDMA (ecstasy) tablets, during a targeted inspection of an inbound parcel from Germany, the FBR said, in a statement.
The narcotics were concealed inside speakers and LED lamps, while the shipment was falsely declared as containing clothes, socks, and music boxes.
Customs authorities have launched an investigation, to identify the intended recipients and facilitators involved in the smuggling attempt, it added.– NNN-APP