FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Sargodha has impounded a foreign origin used Toyota Crown Car Model 1974 in Sargodha. The market value of the seized vehicle is Rs 1,500,000 while its CIF value is Rs 500,000.
Sources told Customs Today that Assistant Collector Muhammad Asim Awan received information that Toyota Crown car is brought into the country through an unauthorized route and without payment of duty and taxes.
After receiving the information, Assistant Collector Muhammad Asim Awan constituted a raiding team comprising Bashir Ahmed, Ansir Saleemi (Inspector), Rana Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Ameen Shafqat, Mehmood Muhammad Feroz, Muhammad Mansha (sepoys).
The ASO team intercepted the vehicle and asked the owner of the vehicle, who was identified as Irfan Abbas son of Mohammad, a resident of Pindi Rawal District Mandi Bahauddin, to produce legal documents regarding the import of the vehicle but the owner failed to provide the same. Upon his failure, the ASO team seized the vehicle and registered a case against him.
