FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has conducted various operations against smugglers after receiving special instructions from Model Customs Collector Muhammad Sadiq and recovered smuggled goods worth Rs33million during the second week of March-2017.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Muhammad Rizwan constituted a team to curb smuggling attempts in the region. The ASO team, consisting of Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspectors Ali Zahid, Khalid Ashraf Noor, Khalid Dogar and Sepoys Muhammad Ashraf, Liaquat Ali, Israr Ahmad and Muhammad Abdullah, impounded three Non-Duty Paid and tempered vehicles worth Rs02.1million under Section (U/S 16 NDP). These vehicles were brought into the country without payment of customs duty and taxes.
Sources said the ASO authorities also confiscated miscellaneous smuggled items (4727 kilograms) worth Rs01.2million during said period.
Faisalabad ASO impounded all the smuggled items under Import and Export Control Act-1950 punishable under Section 156(1)89(i) 90 of the Customs Act-1969 and forwarded the cases to Customs Adjudication Faisalabad for legal action.
