LAHORE: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) has started preparations to seize properties of Abdullah Sugar Mills.
The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has announced Chief Executive Officer and directors of Abdullah Sugar Mills as proclaimed offenders as they were underground for a long time and were not coordinating with investigation team of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Sources told Customs Today that Abdullah Sugar Mills is allegedly involved in tax evasion of Rs 277 million. Earlier, the FBR had started action against the owners and directors of Abdullah Sugar Mills and raided their Model Town residence for three times but they always escaped from the scene.
Sources told Customs Today, that a team of FBR has raided at H block of Model town Lahore to arrest Hafiz Irfan Butt, Mustafa Raza and other directors who are involved in sugar mills scam on special directions of the Customs court.
FBR team takes this action under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Sahibzada Umer Riaz. FBR team did not find concerned persons at their residence during action. It is essential to mention here, that Customs Court also directed CCPO Lahore Amin Venice to cooperate with FBR to arrest the accused.
