HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Hyderabad, has impounded 25,000 liters of smuggling HSD Iranian diesel along with an oil tanker. The market value of the seized diesel is Rs05.6million including duties and taxes. The diesel was being transported from Hub Baluchistan to interior sindh during September 2017-18.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq ordered the curbing of smuggling. Additional Collector Hyderabad Dr Amer Nawaz Hamid received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of Iranian diesel. He formed an ASO team comprising Superintendent Amer Khan, Inspectors Shakeel Khan, Iqbal Mughal, Imdad Abro, Muhammad Abid Khan, Mushtaq Ali Lakho, Sepoys Sadiq Khaskheli, Abid, Drivers Sher Akbar, Ajaz Saddam, Jawaid Mashqoor, Nisar Ahmed and others.
The team intercepted the tanker with registration No: TAJ-806 near Superhighway, Hyderabad, PS Hatri and recovered the said quantity of smuggling HSD Iranian diesel. The market value of the seized oil tanker is Rs03.5million.
The ASO asked the occupants of the vehicle for producing legal documents regarding the possession of the motor vehicle and diesel, but they failed to do so. The ASO team confiscated the diesel besides impounding the oil tanker under the prevailing customs bylaws.
According to the sources, the raiding anti-smuggling team performed excellently. Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq said our team is showing extraordinary performance in aborting the smuggling attempts in the region.
