FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized smuggled cloths worth Rs800000 involving duty and taxes of Rs 250000.
Sources told Customs Today that Additional Collector Saeed Asad received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of foreign origin cloths. He formed a team, comprising Deputy Collector Rizwan Khan, Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspectors Khalid Ashraf Noor, Mehmood Ahmed Dogar, Sepoys Ali Zahid, Muhammad Khalid Dogar, Afzal Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ashraf and Liaqat Ali to foil the bid.
The ASO team raided Rana Ishtiaq Goods, Lal Mills Chowk Faisalabad, and recovered cloths weighed 800 kg from the office. On demand, Khuram son of Abdul Rehman, Maki Market, Faisalabad, could not produce documents regarding the legal import of the items.
Furthermore, recovery memo was prepared in the presence of accused Kashif Mushtaq son of Mushtaq Ahmed and Muhammad Shahzad and cloth was seized under Section 168 of the Customs Act-1969. A case was registered against the accused. The case has been sent to the customs adjudication for further legal action.
