Crackdown intensified against smuggled petroleum products
Illicit petroleum trade is causing a whopping loss of Rs150-240b to national kitty
The Zulfikarabad Oil Tankers Terminal will be operational with effect from December 12. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
Pakistan Customs has launched a crackdown against smuggled, substandard petroleum products being sold across the country, identifying and sealing 476 out of a total 2,224 petrol pumps so far.
In the nationwide raids, officials have seized more than 1.73 million litres of petrol and more than 1.87million litres of diesel, informed sources. The total value of the confiscated petroleum products is said to be Rs497.37 million, while the tally is susceptible to rise in the coming days.