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FIA books alleged fraudsters for counterfeit cigarettes

By Our Correspondent
November 07, 2020

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a criminal case against alleged fraudsters for manufacturing of counterfeit cigarettes of a registered company and selling them in open market, incurring millions of rupees loss to the national exchequer in tax evasion. The FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle in Lahore raided a warehouse in Sheikhupura where they found counterfeit cigarettes of the registered company, National Tobacco Private Limited, and seized them.