FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad has seized 6,010 kilogram of smuggled cloth, besides impounding a rickshaw being used for the transportation of the smuggled items worth Rs 234,234 involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 118,099.
The ASO team following information received through Deputy Superintendent Ch Muhammad Sardar intercepted a rickshaw near Bilal Chowk Jail road, Faisalabad and recovered the foreign origin cloth.
The ASO staff asked the driver, Muhammad Rafiq to produce any documentary evidence showing the legal import and lawful possession of the consignment, but he remained failed.
Therefore, the ASO tem confiscated the smuggled cloth and rickshaw under Section 168 of Customs Act, 1969.
The team comprising Inspector Muhammad Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Akram, Sepoy Afzal Hussain, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Abdullah and Asrar Ahmed conducted raid.
