SIALKOT: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization Sialkot (ASO) has seized cloth worth Rs 1.8 million.
As per the details, the ASO team acting upon information received through Model Customs Collectorate Sialkot Collector Ahmed Reza Khan intercepted a truck loaded with cloth.
The ASO staff asked the driver to produce any documentary evidence showing the legal import and lawful possession of the said items, but he could not produce any documents, after which the ASO seized the cloth under the prevailing customs law.
The ASO team comprising Superintendent Irfan and other relevant staff took part in the raid.
After seizing the cloth and vehicle, the customs served a notice to the accused to appear before the competent authority to prove the legal importation of the cloth.
However, after a considerable passage of time, no one appeared before the seizing agency to claim the ownership of the seized goods. Moreover, no proof of its legal import and lawful possession was produced. Therefore, the customs seized the cloth and impounded the vehicle after making a seizure report.
Therefore, Customs officials seized the cloth under Import and Export Trade (Control) Act 1950, punishable under Section 156(1), 89 of Customs Act, 1969.
