LAHORE: Collector Customs Collectorate of Adjudication issued order in appeal no: 255 in smuggling of iPhone case the other day.
Facts of the case as reported are that on 20.5.2017, the customs staff was present in Customs International Arrival Hall, AAIP, Lahore and customs examination of incoming passengers of flight no: PK-204 arrived from Dubai, was going on. At about 6.20 hours one of the passenger Mian Javed Ali of the above flight was going out from Custom Hall through Green Channel. On suspicion, he was intercepted and asked whether he was carrying anything dutiable or objectionable with him or in his accompanied baggage to which he replied in the negative. The accompanied baggage of the above passenger was scanned with reflected image of some different kind of mobile phones in used condition in his luggage. There the luggage of the said passenger was physically examined in his presence which resulted recovery of different kind of mobile phones 19 numbers worth Rs1,028.625/- involving duty and taxes to the tune of Rs210.190/-/.
On demand the passenger failed to provide any relevant documents regarding possession and lawful import of these mobile phones. Customs team seized the mobile phones and after registering a case forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further proceedings.
During proceedings Customs Adjudication ordered to seized the mobile phones but the option that owner of these mobile phones can file another appeal within 60 days before Customs Appellate Tribunal.
It is necessary to mention here that Customs Adjudication Collectorate expedited their efforts to conclude the hearing of pending cases on priority basis.
