MULTAN: Collector Customs Adjudication has issued Order–in-Original (ONO) for the out rightly confiscation of smuggled art silk
As per details, Multan Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) had intercepted the loaded truck along with 40 inches container displaying registration number TLG-990/Quetta near Sakhi Sarwar police check post Dera Ghazi Khan with the cooperation of Punjab Ranger staff.
Multan Customs teams found that truck was loaded with huge quantity of foreign Origin cloth of 18915 kilograms worth Rs.6 million. The loaded truck was going to Lahore from Quetta and it was booked for said destination from M/s Sitara-al-Masood Khan Goods Transport Company Quetta.
Multan Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization asked the driver to produce the import documents which were also reflecting full load of art silk cloth under the garb of irrelevant customs documents during checking.
Customs Adjudication issued many notices to respondents Muhammad Jaffer, Syed Abdul Hameed, Sailab Khan but they have never appeared before the collector and nor submitted any written reply to the Show cause notice.
During the hearing of the said case it was established that seized cloth are smuggled one and were brought into the country through clandestine route.
Thus the charges levelled by Anti-Smuggling Organization in the show cause stand established. The vehicle has been used exclusively for transportation of smuggled cloth and its owner knew about the nature of the transported goods.
Collector Customs Adjudication Mirza Mubashir Baig has announced the decision of 18915 kilograms of smuggled art silk cloth along with vehicle for confiscation by declaring the seizure lawful under section 157(2) of the Customs Act 1969 with SRO 499(i) 2009.
