KHUSHAB: The Customs Adjudication Additional Collector Saeed Asad has issued Order in Original (ONO) against the accused person Muhammad Ismail and Asadullah owner of smuggled items.
As per the details, Field Investigation Unit (FIU) Superintendent Muhammad Tahir intercepted trailer no: PT-0021 near Mianwali Toll Plaza M.M Road Mianwali loaded with cigarettes 20,000 made in Korea, small cardamom 200 kilograms, foreign origin glasses 7500 pieces, foreign origin solar ceiling fan 195 pieces and asked owner to produce legal documents.
He produced different copies of bilities issued by M/s Super Karwan Goods Transport and Company registered Rawalpindi and Al Saad Goods Transport Forwarding Agency. On the spot there was no proper arrangement for physical examination and loading and unloading of the recovers items. According to bilty no: 4459 showing booking of 40 solar fans only. However, he couldn’t produced any others bilty in respect of miscleanous items.
Therefore, there exists reasonable belief that recovers goods are smuggled one and brought into country without payment of duty taxes and he has sold most of goods in local market. Later, the case was sent to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
Whereas, no one claimed the ownership of the seized foreign origin cigarette before the seizing agency no any written reply to the show cau notice has been received.
As far the seizes foreign origin small cardamom and glasses the claimants have shown their willingness to pay duty taxes on the seize good which amount to confiscation. Hence, foreign origin solar fans owner submitted copies of import documents with bilties and sales taxes invoices issued by importer. The department representative could not produced the documents.
Therefore Additional Collector Adjudication Muhammad Saeed Asad issued order in original ( ONO ), No, 21/2017 on 5-8-2017. It is also ordered to be confiscated foreign origin cigarettes according to customs laws.
