FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization Faisalabad (ASO) has seized 1,320 kilogram of foreign origin silk cloth worth Rs 2.05 million.
An ASO team, following credible information received through Model Customs Collectorate (MCC), Faisalabad Dr Zulafqar Ali Chaudhary, raided M/s Pak International Goods Transport Company located on Jhang Road, Faisalabad.
While searching, the ASO team recovered 19,142 yards of cloth on which it asked the person concerned to produce the documents showing the legal import of the cloth, but he remained failed to do so.
Therefore, Customs officials seized the cloth under Import and Export Trade (Control) Act 1950, punishable under Section 156(1), 89 of Customs Act, 1969.
The ASO team comprising Superintendent Zahid Raza Bukhari, Inspector Muhammad Munir Ahmad, Zulfiqar Ali, Rana abdul Nasir and others participated in the raid.
