Customs seizes 400 kg of pork at Lahore airport

Around 400 kg of pork was seized from a foreign individual by customs officials stationed at the Lahore airport.

Sources claim that the customs officials were informed that pork will be smuggled from Dubai aboard private aircraft flight ER 724.

Customs officers intervened and removed 400 kg of pork from the accused’s hands, thwarting the attempt at smuggling.

The pork was concealed from the scanning device, according to the authorities, by being packed in 12 large cartons with special black plastic sheets.

The smuggler was apprehended by deputy collector of customs Saira Batool when she arrived at the airport, and it was later discovered that the pork was being distributed to other hotels, according to reports.

In a related incident, customs agents apprehended a passenger flying from the United States and thwarted an attempt to smuggle goods worth around Rs 8 million through Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.