ISLAMABAD: Special Judge of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Judge Rana Aftab has directed customs officials to include the Shah Clearing Agency, whose employees were detained by customs on clearance of consignment through fake delivery orders and gate passes, into investigation.
As per details, customs official had arrested three employees of the clearing agency for their alleged involvement in the clearance of consignments without paying the taxes at Air Freight Unit of Islamabad airport and presented them before the Customs Court.
The court had sent the accused persons namely Babar and Shahid and another on physical remand for further interrogation where they confessed the crime.
They revealed that a consignment comprising computers and its accessories imported from Malaysia was cleared by them deceitfully against receiving Rs 22,000, adding that the consignment was handed over to the importer of said consignment.
On the other hand, the representative of the clearing agency has disclaimed any responsibility for its employees’ crime, adding that these employees were deputed to handle only form-G.
Customs officials said that after the confession by the culprits, the challan will be presented before the court in next hearing for indictment.
