Cigarettes worth Rs250m go missing from FBR warehouse in KP

Cigarettes worth Rs250 million have reportedly gone missing from a Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) warehouse in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, prompting the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to register a case.

According to the FIR registered by the FIA, FBR officials and an employee of a cigarette company have been nominated in the case.

The suspects have been accused of misuse of authority, negligence and alleged collusion in connection with the missing stock.

The FIR states that the warehouse did not have stock registers, CCTV footage or records of the movement of goods.

The investigation will also examine the role of other FBR officials and individuals, according to the FIR.

The case has been registered as the FIA investigates the alleged disappearance of cigarettes from the FBR warehouse.