FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad has confiscated miscellaneous smuggled items in Faisalabad city. The market value of the seized spare parts is Rs 1.6million involving customs duty and taxes of Rs1.2million.
Collector Customs Faisalabad Choudhary Zulfikar Ali received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of foreign origin (F/O) items. Soon after receiving the information, he constituted a raiding team comprising Saeed Akhtar Joiya (Superintendent), Inspectors Safdar Ali, Muhammad Ashraf, Sepoys Liaquat Ali, Israr Ahmad and Muhammad Abdullah.
The team seized smuggled goods and one non-duty paid vehicle worth Rs420000 under the Customs Section-157 of the Act-1969.
The ASO team conducted a raid and intercepted Hyundai Shehzore with registration No: 6-4334 loaded with new F/O Compact Disc player (140-pieces ), F/O Cutlery kitchen knives (290-Dozens ), F/O Geometry(1700-pieces) made in China. The team asked the accused, identified as Muhammad Imran, a resident of Faisalabad, to produce the legal documents regarding the possession of the goods but he failed.
After their failure, the customs team seized the spare parts and registered a case against the accused.
