LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Preventive Anti-Smuggling Organization has impounded millions of rupees non-customs paid welding rods and dry batteries.
Sources told Customs Today that the ASO team seized illegally imported Rs7 million welding rods from a godown located at Brandrath Road.
The sources said that the authorities seized the rods as the owners failed to produce any legal documents against the 126 cartons of the non customs paid rods. During another raid the Anti Smuggling Organization seized 72 dry batteries worth Rs1.2 million.
The sources said that the owners of the batteries failed to produce any legal documents against the batteries and were finally seized.
The sources said that the customs authorities impounding the goods have registered cases against the accused parties.
The Anti Smuggling Organization Preventive has initiated a number of successful operations and seized millions of rupees non customs paid goods and articles in the results of aggressively launched anti-smuggling drive.
