Bid to smuggle huge quantity of wheat foiled.

RAWALPINDI -- Food Department Rawalpindi Chapter Vigilance cell on Tuesday foiled an attempt to smuggle wheat and wheat flour to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and confiscated 11 trucks.

Punjab government formed the vigilance cell to stop the movement of wheat and wheat flour to avoid food scarcity in the province.

Talking to Dawn, Food Department Rawalpindi Division Deputy Director Shahid Yaqoob said that the department had launched the crackdown on smuggling of wheat and wheat flour in full swing.

He confirmed that in largest single day achievement in division, department has intercepted 11 vehicles carrying illegal wheat and flour consisting of 6,300 bags of 50kg wheat and 2,400 bags of 20kg wheat flour.

He said that this massive quantity has been retrieved in a tip off received from vigilance teams...

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