HYDERABAD: The Field Investigation Unit (FIU) Hyderabad has confiscated 26 smuggled rolls of cushion sofa cloths worth Rs600000 involving duty and taxes of Rs113790 during an action in Hyderabad.
Sources told Customs Today that intelligence officials received a tip-off through Director Karachi regarding the possible smuggling of cushion sofa cloths.
The officials raided a vehicle of Fazal-e-Rabi Goods Transport Company near Hala Naka Hyderabad and recovered foreign origin non-duty paid 26 rolls.
The customs intelligence officials asked the driver to produce documents of the imported goods but he failed to prove anything legal.
The customs FIU team seized the goods and forwarded the case to the Customs Adjudication for further proceedings.
After registering the case, the team deposited the confiscated rolls into Hyderabad state warehouse.
The team was led by Deputy Superintendent Qasim Ali Alvi, Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO) Irfan Ghani.
