Three flour smugglers arrested with 1100 bags, 49 tons

Rawalpindi: Naseerabad police along with the Food Department Rawalpindi team on Thursday arrested three flour smugglers and recovered 1100 bags and 49 tons from their possession.

According to a police spokesman, three drivers namely Wajid, Abdul Rehman and Usama were rounded up during the operation while three vehicles were also impounded with 49 tons and 1100 flour bags.

He informed that the accused were trying to smuggle wheat flour out of the Rawalpindi division.

The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on the directives of the authorities concerned were strictly monitoring all the exit points of Rawalpindi district to foil wheat and flour smuggling bids, he added.