FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication Additional Collector Beelam-ur-Ramzan has issued a show cause notice to a suspect who is allegedly involved in smuggling of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 1.585 million.
The customs officials following information conducted a raid and recovered a huge quantity of foreign origin cigarettes from the possession of Muhammad Amjad.
The team asked the owner named Muhammad Amjad to show documents regarding legal import of the items but he could not produce the same. Therefore, the officials confiscated the items and forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
Now, Additional Collector Beelamur Ramzan issued show cause notice to the accused person on the violation of Section 10-A. 89(1) and 156(1) of the Customs Act, 1969.
However, the adjudication has directed the accused to file reply on next date of hearing. The seizing agency has also been directed to file reply in the respective case.
The adjudication authority also directed Deputy Collector Muhammad Rizwan to attend the hearing on schedule date along with relevant record.
