FAISALABAD: Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized foreign origin tubeless tyres, small cardamom, travel bags, beverage brand Coca Cola worth Rs 364101 involved customs duty and taxes Rs364101 during raid in Faisalabad.
According to details, Additional Collector Usman Tariq received information that some non duty paid items are being smuggled into Faisalabad. He immediately constituted a team consisting Superintendent Dilawar Hussain, Inspector Tanveer ul Haq, Khalid Ashraf Noor, Mehmood Ahmed Dogar and Muhammad Hayat, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Anwar.
The above mentioned ASO team intercepted a vehicle near Sahianwala Interchange loaded with smuggled tubeless tyres (26), Ratalla brand made in China, small cardamom (200 kgs), travel bags of parachute (280 kgs), beverage brand Coca Cola (1440 tins). The team recovered foreign origin items that were being transported from Rawalpindi to Faisalabad.
The ASO team asked the owner who was identified as Muhammad Yousaf son of Noor Muhammad to produce documents regarding the possession and transportation of these smuggled items. But he failed to provide any relevant documents.
After his failure the ASO team seized the smuggled goods under section 168 of the Customs Act 1969 for violation of section 2(S), 16 and 18 of the Customs Act 1969. ASO authorities after registering a case of smuggling against owner started further investigations.
