HYDERABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s intelligence wing has raided a godown in district Sanghar and seized huge quantity of counterfeit and non-tax paid tobacco.
Hyderabad Directorate General Intelligence & Investigation-Inland Revenue Director Dr Aslam Marri constituted a team to search the premises under the sales tax laws.
The raid was conducted on the basis of credible intelligence received by the Directorate of Hyderabad that movement of illicit tobacco was spotted in Sanghar district and illegal non-tax paid and counterfeit cigarettes amounting to millions of sticks were stored in a large godown located at Khipro town of district Sanghar for onward distribution to different towns of interior Sindh. During the raid, huge number of cigarettes worth Rs 1.5-2 million in number were found lying in the godown, which were seized by the I&I-IR team as per law.
