Customs dept seals illegally operating petrol pumps in several districts.

HYDERABAD -- The Collector Customs Hyderabad has claimed that some 105 illegally operating petrol pumps in several districts of Hyderabad have been sealed.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday at his office, he told that the Customs Hyderabad region had taken action across Sindh excluding Karachi, Thatta, Sujawal, Tharparkar and Umerkot districts.

According to him, the district administrations of Tharparkar and Umerkot sought time for collaborating in action against such petrol pumps because of their preoccupation with arrangements for the January 18 by-elections in the 2 districts.

The Collector informed that they had also seized diesel and petrol worth Rs40 million in a recent raid.

He also apprised that a gang of smugglers based in Mirpurkhas who smuggled banned Indian items...

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