ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Islamabad took into possession 47 offending vehicles and seven Non-Duty-Paid (NDP) and various types of smuggling goods worth Rs88.19million during the 1st-Quarter (July to September) Financial Year (FY) 2017-18.
According to details given by Shahid Jan, Acting Additional Collector Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Islamabad, that, under the guidelines of Collector MCC Islamabad Dr. Saeed Khan Jadoon, the ASO Islamabad showed brilliant performance during above said period. The collectorate is developing a new strategy to make the performance of the ASO more effective during the next three quarters of FY17-18.
The additional collector told CT that, during the 1st-Quarter FY17-18, the ASO impounded 47 offending vehicles valued at Rs51.90million whereas the Car Cell of the ASO took into possession nine NDP vehicles worth Rs14.86million. During said period, the ASO seized 22,077 yards of foreign origin fabric priced at Rs12.67million and the ASO did 54,369 kg of food grains valued at Rs8.08million.
Shahid said the ASO confiscated 5,636 kg of tea priced at Rs1.74million, 517 tyres and tubes worth Rs1.8million, 332 alloy rims valued at Rs0.25million, 7,494 kg of auto parts priced at Rs5.83million, 1,315 litre of Mobil oil worth Rs0.23million, 2,690 cartons of fake cigarettes valued at Rs1.63million, 6,349 electronic items priced at Rs15.23million, 324 blankets worth Rs0.102million, 2,472 toys valued at Rs0.421million, various kinds of medicines priced at Rs0.0084million, 56 kg of Gutka valued at Rs0.0117million while the ASO Islamabad seized other miscellaneous smuggling goods worth Rs25.038million. Above said smuggling items were confiscated by the ASO Islamabad during the 1st-Quarter Financial Year 2017-18.
