ISLAMABAD: The Customs Car Cell of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad took into possession a Non-Duty-Paid (NDP) V-8 Toyota Land Cruiser valued at Rs18.00million from Zero Point Islamabad on 05-09-2017. The said NDP vehicle was under the possession of undisclosed Chinese construction company working in Pakistan.
According to details given by sources of MCC to Customs Today that, following a tip-off shared by Collector MCC Saeed Khan Jadoon, the car cell established a picket on Kashmir Highway Islamabad and intercepted the said non-duty-paid V-8 Toyota Land Cruiser with fake registration No: BG-1420-Sindh.
The car cell staff asked the possessor (driver) Liaqat Masih, a resident of F-7/4 Islamabad, to provide the original documents of the car, but he failed to do so. After the firsthand investigation, the car cell impounded the vehicle and brought it to the Model MCC Islamabad. The estimated value of the vehicle is Rs18.00million.
The authorities concerned revealed that the documents of the car were not genuine with a counterfeit registration. The V-8 Land Cruiser has been impounded under the Customs Act-1969 and the documents of vehicle have been sent for further examination to Investigation and Prosecution (I&P) Department.
The FBR has issued special instructions to the Customs Department to adopt appropriate steps to apprehend the smugglers and curb the illegal business of non-duty-paid vehicles.
The car cell staff was led by Inspector Chaudhry Safdar, Sepoys Bilal Yaqoob, Muhammad Ahmad and Muhammad Imran who executed the said operation.
