LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Preventive teams foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of non-duty paid goods from GT Road.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Preventive Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali received credible information that some smugglers were planning to smuggle a huge quantity of non-duty paid goods through a vehicle. He immediately constituted a customs team comprising Superintendent Nasir Minhas Agha Qadeer, Mazhar Abbas Butter, Deputy Superintendents, Gulzar Bhatti, Tariq Baig inspectors and others.
The team established different check posts and started checking of vehicles. During the checking the customs team intercepted a Suzuki pickup bearing registration no LWN-4531 which was coming from Rawalpindi and was heading towards Lahore.
The team detained the vehicle and recovered 32 dry batteries, 15 numbers of split air conditioners, multi purpose grease, and 125 kilograms ball bearing worth Rs 320,000.
The team asked the driver of the vehicle who was identified as Mushtaq Ahmed to produce legal documents regarding possession and transportation of the above said goods. The sources told that the driver of the vehicle remained failed to produce any relevant documents in the regard.
The customs team brought all the recovered goods and vehicle to State Warehouse and registered a case of smuggling against the owners of these goods and vehicle and started investigations.
It is necessary to mention here that Customs Preventive teams already enhanced their checking on main entry and exit points of the city. Sources said that due to these enhanced measures, a marginable decrease is being witnessed in the smuggling attempts.
