PESHAWAR: The Anti-Smuggling Unit of the Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar has confiscated the Non-Duty-Paid (NDP) goods valued at Rs32.5million in the current month of December during Fiscal Year 2017-18.
The anti-smuggling drive initiated by the Pakistan Customs Department has been successfully launched by Collector Customs Gull Rahman which earned millions of rupees by seizures of NDP items.
The Anti-Smuggling Unit of the Peshawar Customs has impounded 600 smart phones in December of the current FY including a vehicle which was also taken into possession under the Customs Acts.
The Anti-Smuggling Unit also impounded 20,116 yard of foreign origin cloth and 919 kg of black tea from another vehicle. The ASU too seized foreign origin medical drugs, tablets and blood pressure kits in December during FY 2017-18.
Collector Customs Gull Rahman lauded the performance made by the Anti-Smuggling Unit. The Collector Customs informed Customs Today that the anti-smuggling campaign was launched in order to frustrate the smuggling of NDP items for which serious complaints had been received by the Federal Board of Revenue Peshawar region.
The campaign has entered into a success by showing collection of huge revenue in December for which the Customs officials need praise, the Collector said.
