Customs foil bid to smuggle cartridges worth tens of millions

Customs foil bid to smuggle cartridges worth tens of millions

Crime

The seized truck was carrying 31,000 cartridges of multiple bores

KOHAT (Dunya News) -- Customs authorities claim to have seized a truck containing cartridges worth tens millions. The ammunition was being smuggled from Afghanistan.

Custom authorities intercepted a truck carrying 31,000 cartridges of different bores in Kohat. The smuggled cartridges were being kept in secret compartments of the truck.

Officials said the seized cartridges could have been used in any major terrorist attack. Custom authorities arrested the truck driver and launched detailed investigation.