Damascus-Sana
An anti-smuggling customs officer in Damascus confiscated more than 1000 kilograms of smuggled buffalo meat expired in Bab Touma area within the garden of a house mostly thrown outdoors.
He stressed that the smuggled materials expired duly and inform the Damascus Chamber of Commerce on the incident, while will be assessed later fines of smuggled materials confiscated through the Disclosure Committee in the General Administration of Customs.
He added that the seizure of these materials was based on information received by the General Customs Directorate and the General Commander of the Customs Police and based on an investigation order signed by the Attorney General in Damascus.
The control customs officer seized in last September a large amount of smuggled smoke hidden inside a tank dedicated to the transfer of oil derivatives in the province of Aleppo.