FAISALABAD: A Field Intelligence Unit (FIU) Sargodha team has confiscated the smuggling ceramic tiles of Iranian origin valued at Rs5.3million involving duty and taxes amounting to Rs275000. The team also impounded a vehicle worth Rs5million which was being used for transportation of the tiles under Section 157(2) of the Customs Act-1969.
Sources told Customs Today that the Customs Intelligence team, following secret information received through Deputy Director Irfan Shouqat, intercepted a Hino truck bearing registration No: TKZ-396 and recovered Iranian ceramic tiles’ 1864 cartons without the payment of duty and taxes.
The customs team asked driver named Faizullah to produce any documents regarding the legal import of the tiles but he remained failed to do so. So the customs team confiscated the item following the prevailing customs bylaws.
It is pertinent to mention here that, after the seizure of tiles, Faizullah appeared in the intelligence office and produced a copy of bilty No: 5710 dated 20-1-2018 issued by M/s Jeevay Pakistan Goods Transport Company Quetta along with a copy of GD No: 11772 dated 17-1-2018 showing clearance of the ceramic tiles. The documents were found irrelevant with the recovered tiles as no description of sizes of the brand was mentioned in the GD.
The customs intelligence team, consisting of Superintendent Muhammad Tahir Iqbal, Intelligence Officer Mansoor Nasir, Saad Iqbal, Sepoys Ashraf Qureshi, Muhammad Khalil and Asad Iqbal, participated in the execution of the operation.
