HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has confiscated 28 PP bags of Indian smuggling Guttka valued at Rs01.1million including duties and taxes during an action near the Hala Naka Road Hyderabad during the month of February 2018. The item being smuggled from Karachi was brought to Hyderabad.
Following strict instructions by Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, the ASO team conducted various anti-smuggling activities to protect national exchequer. The team, headed by Additional Collector Customs Hyderabad Dr Aamer Nawaz Hamid, constituted a raiding party comprising Superintendent Customs Preventive Hyderabad Sikander Akbar Panhwar, Inspector Rana Shabaz and Sepoys, Drivers and other staff.
The team intercepted a loader near Hala Naka Road Hyderabad and recovered above said foreign origin non-duty-paid cartons. The market value of the item is Rs01.1million including duties and taxes.
Prior to the recovery, officials asked the driver to produce any legal document about the possession of the item, but he was unable to produce anything legal. So the consignment was seized.
A case was registered and an investigation was also started. After making a seizure report, the team deposited the impounded Indian Guttka into the Hyderabad State Warehouse.
