SIALKOT: The Anti-Smuggling Organization Sialkot (ASO) has seized cloth in different operations worth Rs 7 million.
As per the details, the ASO team acting upon information received through Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot Collector Ahmed Reza Khan intercepted different small vehicles loaded with cloth.
Following the directions of Assitant Collecter Palwasha Sayed and Chaudhry Fahad Bashir, Addtional Collector Faiz Ali conducted the operation against the smuggled cloth. The ASO team comprising Superintendent Irfan, Inspector Manshah and other relevant staff took part in the raid on GT Road.
The ASO staff asked the drivers to produce any documentary evidence showing the legal import and lawful possession of the said items, but he could not produce any documents, after which the ASO seized the cloth under the prevailing customs law.
After seizing the cloth and vehicle, the customs served a notice to the accused to appear before the competent authority to prove the legal importation of the cloth.
Therefore, Customs officials seized the cloth under Import and Export Trade (Control) Act 1950, punishable under Section 156(1), 89 of Customs Act, 1969.
