JHANG: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Jhang has seized 4,776 bottles of foreign origin Rani juice packed in 199 crates. The expiry date of seized Rani juice is 14.7.2016 while the market value of the juice is Rs 191,040.
Sources told Customs Today that Assistant Collector Muhammad Asim Awan directed Anti-Smuggling Organization Jhang about the smuggling of Rani juice. After receiving this information, Assistant Collector immediately constituted a raiding team comprising Zahid Raza Bukhari (superintendent), Shouqat Khan Mujahid Abbas (inspector), Ghulam Abbas (driver), Muhammad Ali, Zulafqar Ali, Ziaullah Cheema and Muhammad Ajmal (sepoys),
The ASO team intercepted a vehicle bearing Registration No. MNK-8386 at Multan Road, Shortkot. During thorough checking of the vehicle ASO team impounds 4776 bottles of Rani Juice.
The ASO team asked Waqar Aslam son of Muhammad Aslam of Alfalah Goods Transport Company Toba Tek Singh who is owner of juice and Muhammad Qata son of Ashiq Hussain who is driver of the vehicle to provide legal documents regarding possession of juice, but he failed to produce the same. After their failure ASO team seized the juice and registered a case against the accused persons.
