LAHORE: Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) team during an intelligence base operation seized huge quantity of non-duty paid skimmed milk which was being smuggled for manufacturing of ice-cream.
Sources told Customs Today, that Collector Faiz Ahmad received credible information that some smugglers were trying to smuggle huge quantity of non duty paid Iranian origin skimmed milk through a Hino truck. He immediately constituted a raiding team comprising Deputy Collector Moazzam Raza, Superintendent Nasir Minhas, Inspector Sajjad Bukhari, Abdur Rehman Butt, Gulzar Bhatti and Azam Wattoo. The above mentioned team established a check post near Faizpur Interchange.
The ASO team intercepted a Hino truck which was coming from Quetta belonged to transporter Haji Nabi Bukhsh. On demand the driver of the vehicle failed to produce any relevant legal documents regarding import and transportation of skimmed milk. After his failure Customs ASO team seized the whole milk and after registering a case started further investigations.
