ISLAMABAD: Dr. Arslan, Collector Adjudication Islamabad, has issued a show cause notice to an owner of an impounded Toyota Corolla car LEA-17-4259 which was used to carry narcotics and ammunition.
According to details given by sources of Adjudication Islamabad to Customs Today that it has been reported by Deputy Director Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) that, on 26th of January 2018, the Directorate of I&I staff took into said vehicle which was coming from Peshawar side. The drive of the car sped away when I&I staff chased the car.
On a thorough search of the car, the staff recovered foreign origin narcotics including 27kg of opium, 16.50kg of hashish, 1.50kg of heroin and one pistol (Tisas Turkire) along with 50 rounds. The said recovered items were seized under Section of 168 of Customs Act-1969 whereas a notice was issued under Section 171 of Customs-Act.
An FIR No: 02/2018 dated 26.01.2018 was lodged against unidentified persons while samples drawn from each narcotics items were sent to the forensic laboratory which verified them as drugs.
The laboratory report of seized vehicle found that LEA-17-4259 Toyota car is registered in the name of one Adnan Hassan, a resident of Canal Bank, Lahore. On 01-3-2018, summon was issued to the owner of the vehicle but he did not appear before the office of the Directorate of I&I. So it is clear that the contraband items and vehicle are liable to be confiscated under the relevant customs bylaws.
The next hearing will be executed on 17-04-2018 at 11:00am. If no reply was submitted in response to the show cause notice then case will be decided against the material available on record.
