ISLAMABAD: Collector Customs Adjudication Islamabad Ihsan Ali Shah has ordered the impounding of the smuggled Pakistani and Afghani currencies equal to Rs10.322million and a vehicle Toyota Pickup in favor of the state. Collector Adjudication has passed the Order-in-Original No: 90 of 2017 in the seizure case of currency smuggling reported by the FC Peshawar.
Collector Adjudication held that the seized currencies were smuggled by putting them into the spare wheel of the vehicle therefore no defence has been offered by Muhibullah and Zari Gull (Respondents) and his legal counsel. The FC troops of Kurrum militia recovered the currencies at Arawali Checkpost who intercepted them on the information of smuggling arms and ammunition.
On demand by the FC authorities, both accused failed to prove the lawful possession of the recovered Pak Afghan currencies. It is important to mention here that the photographs shown by the seizure agency revealed that the currency packing manner was secreted in the bundle of Rs5000-notes placed around the rim.
The collector has held that it is evident that Section 8 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act-1947 has been violated which stipulates that Pak currency above Rs3000 can neither be taken out of the country nor brought into Pakistan.
