Shafaq News- Kirkuk
The Federal Integrity Commissionannounced Saturday that it blocked an attempt to move a shipment of importedmedical supplies and detained two suspects at the Darman customs point on theroad linking Kirkuk and Erbil provinces.
A team from the commission's Kirkukinvestigation directorate carried out the operation in coordination withcustoms police intelligence after receiving information that data on importedgoods had been altered to register them as locally produced, allowing theshipment to evade customs duties.
The operation resulted in thedetention of the driver and a customs employee, and the seizure of the vehicle,which was carrying 8.5 tons of imported medical materials. The commission saidthe goods fall under a category barred from import.
According to Shafaq sources, thecase is part of the wider anti-corruption campaign led by the Iraqi governmentand the Supreme Judicial Council, which has produced arrests of ministryofficials, directors general, and members of parliament in recent weeks.
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