FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication has issued Order-in-Original (ONO) in favour of Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) in smuggled dates and trailer seizure case.
As per details, Deputy Collector Farhat Ali heard the case and declared the confiscation of 23,600 kilograms of dates and a truck outright.
The ASO team in a raid intercepted a truck bearing Registration No. 0059 and recovered 2600 cartons of foreign origin dates. The team asked the driver to show the documents regarding the legal import of the dates but he could not comply with the orders.
Therefore, customs officials seized the items under Section 181 of the Customs Act, 1969 and sent the report to adjudication for further legal action.
However, the court after hearing the case ordered to confiscate the items, besides directing the accused to pay redemption fine, which is equivalent to the 20 percent of the value of items, if he wanted to release his consignment and truck.
