Customs Preventive ASO seizes smuggled goods worth Rs 2030m in over two years
LAHORE: After assuming charge by Collector Tariq Huda, the Model Customs Collectorate Preventive’s Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) set numbers of achievements, as it confiscated smuggled items worth Rs 2030 million, besides arresting many smugglers during almost two years and four months.
Collector Tariq Huda who is committed to his work took charge at Customs Preventive on August 24, 2013 and solved unsettled cases by moving on the track of success. Keeping his performance in view, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has never transferred him after his appointment at Customs Preventive.
If his recent performance is reviewed, the department following the effective directions of Collector Tariq Huda seized imported goods worth Rs 1510 million during the calendar year, January 2015 to December 10, 2015.
According to the details, the ASO teams seized perfumes of assorted brands worth Rs 165.27 million, mobiles phones and tablets worth Rs 12.08 million, clothes worth Rs 16.89 million, five containers worth Rs 112.9 million, air conditions, auto parts, diesel worth Rs 296.8 million, LED TVs worth Rs 46 million, motor oil and other items worth Rs 8.4 million, besides confiscating soap, cigarette lighters, foundation cream, cell phones’ batteries, chargers, tyres, toiletries, black tea, generator and gutka worth Rs 852 million during the said period.
The ASO during the last calendar year, 2014 held smuggled goods worth Rs 310 million, while from the date, when Tariq Huda took charge and up to December 2013, it confiscated contraband items worth Rs 210 million
Meanwhile, Customs Enforcement-South Chief Collector Zahid Khokhar and Collector Tariq Huda appreciated the performance of anti-smuggling unit of Customs Preventive.
Talking to Customs Today, officials said that department was showing remarkable performance under the supervision of Chief Collector Zahid Khokar and Collector Tariq Huda.
On the other hand, both high ups have urged the people to help the department to foil smuggling bids in the regions by informing it about any suspicious activity in this regard.
They added that people should confirm prior to purchase imported goods/branded goods about their customs clearance in order to save the national economy.
