HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Hyderabad, has seized smuggled non-duty-paid 398 crates of Rani Juice worth Rs382080 involving duty and taxes of Rs244339 during an action near Hyderabad Bypass. These smuggled non-duty-paid items were being smuggled from Karachi into Lahore.
Following the guidelines of Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, the ASO team, under the supervision of Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro, conducted some operations in the region to curb smugglings.
Sources told Customs Today that Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of foreign origin goods. He formed a team, comprising Superintendent Ghulam Shabbir Pulpoto, Inspectors Asaduddin Mirza, Iqbal Mughal, Imdad Abro, Abid Khan, Sepoys Sarwar Ayuob, Abdul Razaq, Nenomal, Abid, Sadiq Khaskheli, Driver Sher Akbar, Ajaz, Sadam, Jaweed Maskoor, Nisar Ahemdani and other staff, which took part in the operation.
The team intercepted a truck with registration No: C-9791 near Hyderabad Bypass and recovered the said items. Prior to the recovery of said items, the team asked the driver to produce the documents regarding the legal import of the items but he could not prove the legality of the goods.
The team impounded the items under Section of the Customs Act. A case was registered against the accused. The case has been sent to the customs adjudication for further legal action. The ASO deposited the confiscated goods into Hyderabad State Warehouse.
Meanwhile, Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro, talking to Customs Today, said the department is striving to increase the surveillance of suspects in the region as more check-posts have also been established to foil the smuggling bids.
