ISLAMABAD: In line with the Prime Minister’s directives and under the strict oversight of Chairman FBR, the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-Inland Revenue has expedited actions against counterfeit, illegal and non-duty paid cigarettes.
The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-Inland Revenue performance has been exemplary in the month of March 2021. During the current ongoing month, Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation-Inland Revenue, Islamabad’s team has confiscated 900 cartons of illegal cigarettes in two raids conducted on GT road based on an intelligence tip. In this operation, 48 cartons of illegal cigarettes were confiscated through a raid on a godown in Karachi. Similarly, 406 cartons of illegal cigarettes in two separate raids on different godowns and trucks carrying illicit/counterfeit /non-duty paid cigarettes were confiscated in Multan. The Directorate’s Peshawar team seized 25 cartons of illegal cigarettes, and the Faisalabad’s team confiscated 286 cartons of illegal non-duty paid cigarettes in two separate raids. In total, 1665 cartons of illegal cigarettes containing 16,650,000 cigarette sticks have been seized so far in the current month.
