FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication Collector Raja Tahir Majeed has ordered to impound a Hino oil tanker under customs laws while issuing an Order-in-Original (ONO) in favour of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation.
Following information, the Customs Intelligence intercepted an oil tanker bearing Registration No SWN-020 near Khider Alla Samundri Road, Faisalabad and asked the driver named Mohammad Latif, son of Mohammad Sharif, to show documents regarding legal import of the vehicle. But, he failed to produce the same, besides the officials could not found online computer record of the vehicle on the website of motor registration authority.
The Customs Intelligence impounded the vehicle and sent its chassis for forensic test. The report revealed that the number was bogus and not original. The report also clarified that present chassis number is not original, so the case was sent for adjudication.
Meanwhile, No one appeared to defend the case from respondent side and nor any written reply was received from the respondent side to the adjudication. While Intelligence Officer Mansoor Nasir appeared from the prosecution side and asserted that the seized vehicle fell under the ambit of section 2(s), of the Customs Act, 1969. He also asked the court to issue orders regarding the confiscation of the oil taker.
Therefore, Collector Raja Tahir Majeed after reviewing the record of the case commented the the charges levelled in the show cause notice, are established. He issued an ONO and ordered to impounded the vehicle under Section 156(1)89(1) of the Customs Act, 1969.
