FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO), Sargodha confiscated 10 smuggled tyres worth Rs 350,000 involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 43,563 during an action near Sargodha Road, Faisalabad.
Reportedly, Deputy Collector Muhammad Rizwan khan received information that the smuggled China origin tyres are being supplied from Sargodha city to Faisalabad.
After receiving information, the deputy Collector instructed Superintendent Choudhary Muhammad Sardar to depute a team on Faisalabad Road in order to bust the smuggling attempt.
However, the superintendent and his team comprising inspectors Amir Ali, Bashir Ali and Ansar Saleemi, sepoys Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Mansha, Muhammad Amin, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ashraf and others started checking of vehicles. The team intercepted a bus bearing registration No FDS-5237 and recovered the smuggled tyres.
The team asked owner named Abdul Waheed son of Abdul Hayi to show documents regarding legal import of the items, but he could not produce the same.
Therefore, the officials confiscated the tyres, under Section 16, and 18 of the Customs Act, 1969 Section 3 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 and shifted the tyres to Customs Warehouse Sargodha. The team also registered a case under the Customs Act, 1969 against the accused person.
