FAISALABAD: The Customs Investigation and Prosecution (I&P) of Customs Collectorate has lodged an FIR No 2/2017 against accused persons who were involved in smuggling 15980 kilograms cloth.
According to details, Deputy Collector Usman Tariq got information that huge quantity of foreign origin art silk dyed cloth are being transported from Peshawar to Faisalabad through Hino truck (10 wheeler ) having registration no: SUA-072 full loaded with the smuggled cloth. The ASO team intercepted smuggled cloth near Bypass Chowk Sargodha Road Faisalabad.
ASO team asked the accused persons to show legal documents and invoices of cloth but accused persons failed to show any relevant documents. After their failure Customs team seized the art silk dyed cloth.
Inspector Faizi Raza has lodged an FIR against nominated accused persons namely Rehmat Ali, Nasir Khan, and owner of M/S Malik Goods Transport Company (Regd) as per bilty No, 511 and others under section 161 of the Sales Tax Act 1969. Further process is still underway till the filing of this report.
