JDW sugar mills caught smuggling sugar to Quetta

LAHORE: Punjab government on Monday has thwarted the smuggling of sugar from JDW Group’s sugar mills to Quetta, ARY News reported.

The Buzdar government in an action seized 900 maunds of sugar from JDW’s sugar mills unit 1 Rahim Yar Khan, which was being smuggled to Quetta, confirmed the provincial food department.

The truck loaded with the sugar was seized at Chachran Toll Plaza during checking. The driver of the vehicle has been taken into custody. Further investigation into the matter has been launched.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of JDW group, rebutting the news said that the sugar was sold to a buyer, and it is his or her discretion to transport wherever he or she wants.

It is to be noted that PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son Ali Tareen are facing money laundering charges slapped by the FIA in the light of sugar inquiry commission report.

The charges of smuggling sugar are baseless, he added.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had issued directives to ensure the installation of a track and trace system to monitor sugar mills besides keeping an eye on the exact production of sugar.

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PM Imran Khan chaired a review meeting regarding the steps taken by the federal government to curb the sale of sugar at higher prices and hoarding of the commodity.

The premier had also been directed to take stern legal action against hoarding of sugar and profiteering.

Imran Khan said that the elements involved in undue profiteering are foes of the people and the state will take punitive action against them.