KARACHI: Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has shown tremendous performance during the current year.
According to the details, the ASO impounded non-duty paid luxury vehicles, Iranian origin diesel, foreign cigarettes as well as hashish along with other contraband items worth billions of rupees in different raids.
The sources in the Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) informed Customs Today that the ASO officers seized contraband items in different raids worth Rs 2,603 million during 105 days of the current year.
On the directive of the Director General of Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Shaukat Ali and under the supervision of the Director ASO Tahir Qureshi as well as Deputy Director Sadia Sadaf, a campaign was started against the culprits involved in the heinous crime of smuggling, the source said.
On the secret information and with the help of informers several raids were conducted across the city during which expensive cellular phones, non-duty paid luxury vehicles, Iranian origin diesel, foreign cigarettes, Indian gutka and hashish was busted, added the source.
As per details of the apprehended items forty luxury non-duty paid vehicles including BMW, jeep, Land Cruisers, and Toyota Surf of worth Rs1353 million along with other busted vehicles are in the raids.
The contraband items Iranian origin diesel, foreign cigarettes, Indian gutka, hashish, high speed boats and expensive cellular phones of worth Rs50 million also apprehended during the current year.
In the mega seizure against the smuggling of narcotics the officers of the Anti Smuggling Organization has busted huge quantity of hashish weighting 1.5 tons. The seized hashish worth 1200 million rupees in international market, added the source.
Hailing the performance of the Anti Smuggling Organization (AS0) the Director General of Directorate General Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) Shaukat Ali has directed the officers to further gear up the action against the smugglers to curb the smuggling from the country spoiling the name of the Pakistan.
