Customs seizes acetate tow, tobacco worth Rs680m in Kalabagh raid

Profit by Pakistan Today reported that Customs Enforcement teams seized acetate tow and tobacco worth about Rs680 million during an operation in Kalabagh on the night of November 12, 2026. The goods were found at a concealed storage site in Missile Colony, after teams from Kalabagh and Chashma acted with Punjab Police on intelligence about suspected smuggling.

Officials recovered 45 bundles of acetate tow weighing 9,200 to 10,000 kilograms and 50 to 60 tobacco parcels weighing about 1,400 kilograms. Customs said suspected smugglers were keeping goods near the Digital Enforcement Station and moving them in smaller loads to avoid detection; the recovered items were taken to Mianwali, and legal action is being initiated. Acetate tow is used to make cigarette filters, linking the seizure to tobacco-industry inputs and efforts to prevent duty and tax evasion.