FAISALABAD: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Faisalabad seized foreign origin shelled almonds and clean Zeera worth Rs01.6million involving duty and taxes of Rs830000. A loader being used for transportation of the items worth Rs300000 was also taken into possession.
Sources told Customs Today that a customs intelligence team received secret information through Deputy Director Rana Irfan Shouqat that some contraband items would be passed through the jurisdiction of Faisalabad Customs on which the team established a picket near the Railway Road Faisalabad.
The team of the intelligence intercepted a suspicious container near the Railway Godown, Railway Road Faisalabad, and recovered items of Derco Foods of California. Officials asked Driver Muhammad Jameel, a resident of Sadhar Bypass Faisalabad, to produce documents regarding the legal import of the items. But he could not meet the requirements of the customs team which impounded the goods and vehicle under Section 157 (2) of Customs Act-1969 besides serving a notice on the accused person.
After a considerable lapse of time, no one appeared before the seizing agency to claim the ownership of seized goods on which customs submitted the seizure report to the adjudication.
Superintendent Muhammad Tahir Iqbal, Intelligence Officers Mansoor Nasir, Mohsin Raza Shah, Sepoys Muhammad Shahbaz, Shouqat Hayat, Zeshan Farooq, and Muhammad Rafique participated in the execution of the operation to frustrate the smuggling bid.
