SIALKOT: The anti smuggling squad of customs has seized a bulk quantity of smuggled Indian things (packed into six trucks) during a special checking at various spots here the other day.
The Customs officials foiled this major attempt of smuggling of Indian articles and their supply to the local markets in Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahaud Din, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts.
The senior customs officials told Customs Today that on directions of Collector Customs Ahmed Raza Khan, the teams of anti smuggling squad led by senior officials, raided at various places and seized six big trucks load with smuggled Indian things including the Indian cloths, lemons, cumin, tea, shampoos, mobile phones, laptops, electronics and other dry spices (worth millions of rupees) during then special checking.
Customs officials have arrested the six accused drivers of the seized trucks and have sent them behind the bars after registering separate cases. Further investigations were underway, in this regard.
Meanwhile, the special recovery teams of the Excise and Taxation Department have sealed as many as 400 properties of the chronic defaulters besides impounding 261 other luxury vehicles for the non-payment of their taxes, during the ongoing recovery campaign launched in Gujranwala Division’s all the six Sialkot, Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahaud Din, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts.
The senior E&T officials said that the E&T teams have issued the repeated recovery notices to these defaulters for the payment of their arrears but they remained reluctant to pay their outstanding prolonged pending dues, sue to which their properties have been sealed, in this regard…#
