LAHORE: Customs Appellate Tribunal has dismissed the case lodged by director of Customs Investigation Lahore against the orders of additional Collector Customs Adjudication Lahore and 90 other respondents as appellant could not prove any illegality in impugned order.
The Customs Appellate Tribunal’s Member Technical Khawaja Omer Mehdi dismissed the case after hearing the arguments of both parties.
As per details, the department received information that some importers were importing PVC waste, redesigned as plastic scrape from different countries, also using the name of various manufacturers in violation of regulations.
The department also received information that three containers No EMCU 90577621, CMAU 5401145 and BSIU 9269385 loaded on the trailer No LSC-628 imported by the Muhammad Naeem by using the name of Paul Lather Industry Lahore were cleared on September 24, 2014 from NLC dry port Thokar Niaz Baig from where the consignments were being shifted to godown near Slamatpura, Lahore.
On the credible information, the staff of Customs Intelligence intercepted the container outside the godown and asked the driver to produce documents regarding the import of the consignment under Section 17 of Customs Act 1969.
The case forwarded to adjudication where authority ordered to release the trailer as well as containers.
