KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement has seized huge quantity of edible oil, which was being transported to Karachi via Super Highway.
Sources said that credible information was received through Collector Feroz Alam Hunejo to Additional Collector Honnak Baloch o the effect that an oil tanker carrying smuggled edible oil was plying on super highway in an attempt to smuggle edible oil to the other parts of the country.
Deputy Collector Inamullah Wazir constituted a team under the supervision of Preventive Officer M. Asfandyar to thwart any attempt of smuggling.
Customs Enforcement team reached at the identified area and found the said oil tanker was moving on the Karachi Toll Plaza Super Highway, Karachi, which was signaled to stop.
The occupant of the vehicle introduced himself as Muhammad Irfan Khan. He was then enquired about the load in the tanker over which he couldn’t give a plausible answer.
As there existed discreet information about the smuggled foreign origin goods loaded in the said vehicle, therefore, the oil tanker was taken to Custom Choke point Super highway Karachi and the cursory search of the vehicle was carried out.
The checking led to recovery of foreign origin edible oil, the occupant of the vehicle could not provide any documentary evidence regarding legal import and possession of the goods.
The tanker worth Rs3.5 million and 28,000 liters of edible oil worth Rs8.4 million have been seized. An fir is lodged an investigations are underway till filing of this report.
