FAISALABAD: The Customs Collectorate Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized a smuggled Toyota Corolla car worth Rs9,00,000 involving custom duty and taxes Rs4,63,280.
Sources told Customs Today, that in pursuance of information, the ASO team intercepted a Toyota Corolla car bearing registration number: IDH-9727 model 1997 in Silver colour near GTS overhead railway bridge Faisalabad.
The ASO team asked the owner of the vehicle namely Hamad Sarwar Sahi son of Ghulam Nabi resident of Chak No 225 RB Malkhanwala to produce legal documents regarding possession of the vehicle, but the owner has failed to produce any legal documents.
After his failure ASO team impounded the vehicle under section 2(s), read with SRO 566(1),2005 section 16, 18, 157, 168, and 178 of the Customs Act 1969 and Section 3 of Sales Tax Act, 1990, Section 148 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001 and forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further proceedings.
The ASO team comprising Inspector Khalid Ashraf Noor, Tanveerul Haq, and sepoys Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Yaseen, Liaqat Ali others take part in the seizure operation.