LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Adjudication has declared the seizure of foreign made cigarettes worth millions of rupees as legal on (13st June) Monday.
Sources told Customs Today that these non customs paid cigarettes were seized by Customs Preventive Anti-Smuggling Organization team which was led by Muhammad Ali Iqbal in January 2017.
It is necessary to mention here that despite issuing of many notices the cigarettes remained unclaimed by the parties and finally the customs adjudication ordered it to impound in the name of the state.
Additional Collector of Customs Beleem Ramzan heard the case and finally passed an order consisting three pages.
It was said that based on what has been stated, it is proved beyond any shadow of doubt that cigarettes were brought in the country without the payment of duty and taxes which is an illegal act.
The charges leveled in the show cause notice are found correct and thus the cigarettes must be confiscated.
