LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Preventive Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized huge quantity of non duty paid Indian origin Gutka, sofa cloth and other goods worth Rs1.5 million during a crackdown.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Customs Preventive Faiz Ahmad received credible information about some smuggling attempts. After receiving the information he immediately constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Superintendent Nasir Minhas, Superintendent Agha Qadeer Haider, Superintendent Gulzar Bhatti and Inspector Mansoor Elahi.
The ASO team raided a godown located near larri adda and recovered huge quantity of non duty paid Indian origin goods. The manager of the godown failed to provide any relevant legal documents showing legal import of the goods. After his failure Customs ASO team seized the entire goods and after registering a case of smuggling against the accused person started investigations.
It is pertinent to mention here that Collector Customs Preventive Faiz Ahmad directed anti smuggling squads to adopt zero tolerance towards smuggling.
