HYDERABAD: ASO Hyderabad seized smuggled 40,000 liters of Iranian diesel worth Rs 7.4 million which also involves duty and taxes of Rs 18,08,000 during a crackdown.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Customs Dr Ahmed Mujtaba Memon received credible information regarding smuggling of Iranian diesel .
After receiving the tip off he immediately formed a team under the supervision of Additional Collector Omer Shafique which also includes Deputy Superintendent Sikander Akbar Pahnwar, Inspectors Anwar Ahmed Siddiqui and Waqar Ahmed Baig, Syed Nazim Ali and other staff a took part in the operation.
The ASO team intercepted a oil tanker bearing registration No 8594- near Super Highway at Hyderabad and recovered 40,000 liters of Iranian diesel along with oil tanker .
The team asked the driver of the vehicle to produce legal document regarding the legal possession of Iranian diesel but he failed to provide any document s on which ASO seized the ASO team confiscated the diesel besides impounding the oil tanker under the prevailing customs law.
