KABUL: The Ministry of Finance said in a statement on Tuesday that 52,292 tons of smuggled goods had been seized before being imported into the country’s ports within the past solar year.
According to the statement, the monitoring teams of the Customs Department prevented the entry of smuggling goods into the country.
“Smugglers had planned to import various goods, including foodstuff, clothes, paint, anti-rust materials, and plastic items into the country through ports without paying customs duties and due efforts of the crossings’ personnel, their plan had been thwarted and the commodities confiscated during the last year,” the statement said.
The ministry has also prevented the exports of 590.3 tons of various kinds of items to foreign countries, said the statement.
The individuals who were involved in the smuggling of the goods had been arrested and taken to the relevant judicial organs.
Over 50,000 tons of smuggled goods seized in country’s ports in 1403, ministry
