The Customs officials on Tuesday seized a container with consignment of urea fertilizer at Torkham border crossing here. Additional Collector Customs Muhammad Tayeb has said that the department’s officials during search of an export container at the border crossing, recovered a consignment of 40 tonnes of urea fertilizer, being smuggled to Afghanistan. “Fake documents of rice cargo were prepared for the container, carrying urea,” the official said.

The export of urea from the country has been strictly prohibited,” he further said. The Customs officials have filed a case, taken the container in custody and arrested an accused,” he said.“The consignment of the urea have a market value of 4.68 million rupees,” he added. It is to be mentioned here that the farmers across the country had recently protested against non-availability and price hike of fertilizer a key input for their crops.

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Independent News Pakistan-INP