Gang gets truck loaded with smuggled cigarettes released.

RAwALPINDI -- A group of alleged smugglers got a truck loaded with smuggled cigarettes released from the Customs Intelligence officials forcefully who had seized it (truck) near Islamabad Interchange on CPEC route, informed sources on Saturday. The incident of truck snatching by the smugglers' gang took place at 6:30pm on March 1, 2023, the limits of Police Station (PS) Naseerabad, they said.

Sources disclosed that the gang of smugglers involved in the crime is being run by two Afghan nationals identified as Jawad and Fawad (commonly known as Tora Brothers), who had become untouchable for police, National Highway and Motorway Police and officials of Customs and Intelligence Islamabad/ Rawalpindi. The other two smugglers (partners of Tora Brothers) were identified Abdullah Jan and Haji Rashid alias Sheeda, a former spy master.

According to sources, the customs intelligence received information that the smugglers were trying to smuggle contrabands to Rawalpindi and Islamabad from Afghanistan and Quetta. A raiding party was constituted, which intercepted the truck near Islamabad Interchange near CPEC route and arrested the driver and conductor.

The smugglers (Tora Brothers), who came in 5 vehicles, blocked the road and held the customs officials hostage. They said that smugglers escaped along with the truck loaded with imported cigarettes worth Rs 40 million approximately in the market.

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