customs official

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More than 1,500 trucks, trailers and containers carrying cement, medicines, rice and other basic goods are waiting in Torkham, according to a senior Pakistani customs official in nearby Peshawar.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

After graduating in 2006, Kositi began training as a customs official in the capital, Kinshasa, before taking up a senior post on the border between Rwanda and DR Congo in April 2007.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

Before I had time to explain that we were traveling together, a stern Thai customs official waved us over to present our passports.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

The Tax Authority also shared a video of the unusual discovery, which appeared to show a customs official sifting through several suitcases filled only with hundreds of the small silver and red foil packets.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Mariam bounced through the doors, accompanied by a customs official.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai