KHANEWAL:The District Food Department foiled a bid to illegal wheat transportation from district Khanewal to district Multan.
According to official sources, a tractor trolley loaded with 500 bags of wheat was heading to Multan when a team of Food Department intercepted it and foiled smuggling bid.
Deputy Commissioner Salman Khan Lodhi in a statement observed that there was ban on inter-district transportation of wheat. Commission mafia and middlemen would not be allowed to loot peasants. He also directed Assistant Commissioners to assist Food Department teams in discouraging illegal transportation.