Customs Seizes Smuggled Medicines Worth Rs. 8 Million at Karachi Airport

Customs authorities at Karachi Airport have apprehended a female traveler who was allegedly carrying 50,340 foreign medicine tablets worth Rs. 8,054,400. The individual arrived in Pakistan from Muscat and was stopped at the airport's arrivals hall based on an informant's report. The seized medications were deemed to be transported in commercial volumes and could not be entered into the country without authorization from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).

According to Assistant Collector Khizar Faiz, the contents contravened import regulations and were an attempt to bring restricted foreign medicines into the country illegally. The seized medicines were seized under the Customs Act, and a formal case was filed against the passenger prior to her arrest. Faiz disclosed that the woman had been previously mentioned in other criminal cases filed by customs offices at multiple airports, though he did not elaborate on the specifics or the present status of those cases.

The restriction highlighted by officials focuses on the requirement for DRAP certification to import these medicines, rather than an outright prohibition on the medicines themselves.