KARACHI: Appraisement East has unearthed a mis-declaration case and seized huge quantity of betel nuts and fireworks, which were cleared as job-lot plastic films for export processing zone (EPZ).
M/s Insiyay Packages EPZ, Karachi had imported the consignments and filed goods declarations for EPZ through M/s Gatco clearing agent in One Customs clearing system. The containers of betel nuts had been gated out from South Asia Container Terminal while the firework container had been loaded on the vehicle and was still at the terminal.
Appraisement East Collector Saeed Akram, taking action on information, constituted a team comprising Deputy Collector Mohammad Ali Malik, Principal Appraiser Dost Mohammad, Appraising Officers Ashfaq-ur-Rehman, Azam Shah, Mohammad Bilal, Saleem Qaimkhani, Amir Hussain and staffers Adil Rasheed, Samar Hussain.
The team made their move early in the morning and found the betel nut containers in Korangi. Later, the team found the firework container at SAPT loaded on the vehicle. Two containers were stuffed with 25 tons of betel nuts each valuing Rs120 million while the fireworks seized are valued at Rs5 million.
