LAHORE:On the instructions of Punjab IGP Dr Usman Anwar, a massive crackdown on illegal wheat storage and inter-provincial smuggling continues in all districts across province. On the pointation of Special Branch Punjab, a police team in collaboration with District Administration and Food Department raided a private farmhouse near Head Muhammad Wala in Muzaffargarh and seized 30,000 maunds of illegally stored wheat. Police, Food Department and District Administration jointly undertook the operation on Wednesday night and transferred thousands of maunds of seized wheat to government procurement centres. The IG directed the RPOs, CPOs and DPOs to continue operations against illegal storage of wheat or inter-provincial smuggling without discrimination. He emphasised the police teams to ensure full support to government departments in crackdown against hoarding of wheat and put the accused behind bars.
(The News)
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