LAHORE: Deputy Collector Adjudication Muhammad Hassan Farid has ordered out right confiscation of an illegally imported Toyota Corola car bearing registration number: LY-9132.
Sources told Customs Today that the vehicle was seized by Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization on information of illegally imported vehicle.
The ASO in persuasion of the information intercepted a vehicle Toyota Corolla car bearing registration number LY-9132 near Muslim Town Mor Fereozpur Road Lahore.
The person available in the vehicle introduced himself as driver and sated his name and address as Muhammad Safique and resident of Shakarghah, district Narowal.
On inquiry, the above person provided registration book of the vehicle and copies of some auction documents. As the chassis number of the vehicle was appearing suspicious, therefore, the above vehicle was detained under Customs Act.
The vehicle was afterward sent to Punjab Francis Science Agency, Lahore for forensic test of its chassis number and frame.
However, no one turned up to defend the allegation and the departmental representative attended all the hearing and argued that since it is a smuggled vehicle it falls under section 2(s) automatically.
The department further states that the chassis number of the said vehicle has been tampered and vehicle checked from PRAL data found NIL. As Noone came to defend the case and no document were provided to confirm the legal import of the vehicle.
It was said that the charges framed by the ASO stands apparently and the collector adjudication ordered out right confiscation of the Toyota Corolla.
