LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Preventive Anti-smuggling Organizations (ASO) has impounded non-customs paid (NCP) luxury vehicles worth millions of rupees during on-going drive against vehicle smuggling.
Sources told Customs Today that the drive was initiated by the Collector of Customs Preventive Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry after the assumption of his charge as a collector.
The sources said that the ASO on the instructions of the Collector Zulfiqar impounded over 17 luxury vehicles during the month of May 2017 including Honda Civic black colour, Land Cruiser silver colour ,Toyota Corolla brown colour and other assorted brands of the vehicles. Sources said that when Anti Smuggling Organization teams asked the drivers/owners of these vehicles to produce legal documents regarding possession of these vehicles but they remained failed to produce any legal documents.
The operations against the vehicle smugglers were led by Deputy Collector Moazzam Gulzar Bhatti while the team consisted of Superintendent Nasir Minhas and Inspector Gulzar Bhatti, Abdul Qayyum, Tariq Baig, Muhammad Aslam Chaudhary, Sajjad Bukhari and Mansoor Elahi Inspectors and others take part in the operation against non duty paid vehicles.
Sources said that as the current fiscal year is going to end soon, Anti Smuggling Organization expedited their efforts to impound vehicles which are plying on roads without legal documents to generate more revenue through these measures.
Sources said that after impounding the vehicles ASO authorities forwarded the cases to Customs Adjudication for further proceedings.
