LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement and Compliance (E&C) Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized huge quantity of smuggled / non-duty paid goods and vehicles during July, 2020 to April, 2021 worth Rs3301.6 million registering an increase of 108.55% excess is as compared with the corresponding period of last year.
The Anti-Smuggling Organization of Customs Enforcement & Compliance on the directions of Basit Maqsood Abbasi, Collector of Customs (E&C), headed by Muteen Alam, Additional Collector, Syed Kareem Adil, Deputy Collector, Ali Tauqir, Assistant Collector, and team consisting of Muhammad Yaqoob Ch. Superintendent, Abdul Rehman Butt, Hassan Mehmood, Abdul Ghaffar and M. Asghar Purewal, Babar lqbal Rana and Shahid Bakhtiar Bhatti, Inspectors seized huge quantity of smuggled / non-duty paid goods and vehicles during July, 2020 to April, 2021 worth Rs3301.6 million. Goods include cloth, tyres, cigarettes, petroleum jelly, diesel oil, crockery, dry fruits, medicines, cosmetics, jewelry, charas etc.
Vehicles include Toyota Lexus jeeps, Toyota Land Cruiser (V8), Toyota Hilux Surf, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota Mark X, Toyota Vitz cars. Cases of valuing Rs1583.15 million were made during the corresponding period of last year (2019-20). An increase of 108.55% excess is as compared with the corresponding period of last year.