KARACHI: The Customs Court approved interim charge sheet against suspects namely Abdul Wahab S/o Abdul Rehman Soomro and Ali Akbar S/o Muhammad Usman, who were nominated in first information report (FIR) including owner/ partner of M/s Sas Pvt Ltd, owner/ partner of M/s Sarhad Logistics Pvt Ltd and others for smuggling of non-duty paid foreign origin cloths and betel nuts.
On 8 February, 2021 investigation officer of Intelligence & Investigation-FBR has submitted charge sheet and informed that a credible information was received that some suspicious persons are engaged in the smuggling of foreign origin cloth by concealing the foreign origin betel nuts, in the foreign origin clothing which meant for KEPZ and on the same modus operandi one container baring no ECMU-9255000 cleared from MCC Appraisement West Karachi is going to one godown situated at SITE area, Karachi instead of KEPZ through trailer No TLF-091.
He further informs that on pursuance of the said information, a team of ASO was constituted who after heretic efforts, intercepted the said trailer and recovered non-duty paid foreign origin used 8,860 kg clothing and non-duty paid foreign origin betel nuts 17, 500 kgs valuing of Rs. 14,000,000.
It needs to be mentioned here that the customs court had already sent above mentioned arrest suspects to Central Jail Karachi on judicial remand.
Case was registered for violation of under section 2 (s) 16, 32, 157 (2) & 178 of the customs act, 1969 punishable under clauses (8) (9) (14) ibid, read with section 3 of import & export trade control act, 1950, after the hearing, court took FIR into court record and directed investigation officer to complete investigation for next date of hearing.
