SIALKOT: The Model Customs Collectorate staff has seized 50 non-customs paid LCDs worth Rs 1 million from two passengers who arrived here from Sharjah.
According to details Assistant Collector Ali Mohatashim Minhas received information that two passengers were coming from Sharjah on a flight with non-custom paid LCDs.
The assistant collector informed Superintendent Sardar Manzoor to enhance checking of all flights. Inspector Asad and other members, including Imtiaz Cheema and Muhammad Naseem, recovered the LCDs from two passengers namely Rashid and Yaqoob.
The Customs Preventive Staff asked said passengers about the relevant documents but they failed to produce anything. The custom preventive staff seized all the LCDs as per customs laws and shifted the LCDs to the store room of Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Sialkot.
The Customs Preventive Staff has registered a case against the passengers but released them after proper interrogation. The Customs Department will refer the case to the Adjudication Department for legal proceedings.
It is necessary to mention here that Collector Customs Ahmed Reza instructed the customs staff to use all available resources to curb smuggling. The collector also directed anti-smuggling staff to adopt zero tolerance towards smugglers.
Meanwhile Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Sialkot auction committee has done auction of seized smuggled cloth after prior permission of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in worth Rs. 1.7 million Sources told Customs Today that Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized smuggled cloth under Kashmir, China and Iran trade transit from GT Road while the ASO team shifted the seized cloth to the Warehouse of MCC Sialkot.
The chairman of auction committee Babar Malik told Customs Today that the five parties participated in the bid of auction and two parties gave much attractive bids. They said that the auction amount will make a cause to strengthen the economy of country. They said that ASO and Customs Preventive Staff has seized LCD’s and other items while the cases have been registered and referred before the Adjudication Court for proceeding.
