Customs officer arrested for ‘smuggling’ currency at Torkham border

PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA’s) Anti-Corruption Circle Peshawar arrested two suspects including a customs officer allegedly involved in smuggling dollars from Afghanistan.

According to the FIA spokesperson, two suspects including a customs inspector involved in dollar smuggling have been arrested from the foreign currency declaration point established at the Torkham border.

The arrested accused were identified as Wajid – a customs officer and Asfandyar.

During the investigation, Asfandyar confessed to smuggling thousands of dollars from the Torkham border daily with the help of customs authorities.

Meanwhile, the customs officials confiscated a total of USD 23,000 from the possession of the arrested individual.

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The accused used to receive a commission of Rs 50,000 for smuggling of 100 USD which was later handed over to the customs officials. INP