KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs recovered 12 tons of smuggled sofa/curtain cloth from a godown located in Liaquatabad.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Basit Maqsood Abbasi received credible information that huge quantity of smuggled cloth is dumped in a godown located in Liaquatanbad.
He immediately constituted a team uner the supervision of Additional Collector Amanullah Tareen, Assistant Collector Aman Sadiq and Superintendent Azhar Malik, who raided on the godown and recovered 12 tons of smuggled cloth.
The smuggled cloth was found in a godown and was being prepared for distribution in the local market. The assessed value of these goods stands at Rs 61.68 million, with duties and taxes amounting to Rs 30.43 million, summing up to a total market value of Rs92.11 million.
Sources told that customs enforcement team seized the entire goods and transported in five Mazda trucks to the state warehouse.
Customs enforcement team registered a case against the owner of the godown and started investigations.
It is necessary to mention here that Collector Bassit Maqsood Abbasi directed all anti-smuggling squads to adopt zero tolerance policy against smuggling. He directed that anyone who found involved in smuggling should be dealt as per law.
