ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)'s field office has sealed a cigarette manufacturing unit in district Mardan over interference in official operation and suspicion of its alleged involvement in production of counterfeit cigarettes, officials said on Friday.

On the special directives of Commissioner Corporate Zone, Regional Tax Office (RTO) FBR Peshawar, Mohammad Tariq Jamal Khattak, Deputy Commissioner (Tobacco), Abdul Baseer Khattak, and his team sealed the Indus Tobacco (Private) Limited, Anwar Kalley Mardan.

For further legal proceeding, the case has been sent to the court of Special Judge (Customs, Taxation and Anti-Smuggling), Peshawar.

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