KARACHI: Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi on Wednesday directed the investigation officer to arrest absconders in a case of smuggled non-duty paid Toyota Axio-X car bearing registration number BFE-068 1496 CC, model 2007 worth Rs 213 million. The duties and taxes involved are nearly Rs 2.3 million.
During the hearing, investigation officer of Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Anti-Smuggling Organization, submitted the first information report. He told the court that a team of Anti-Smuggling Organization raided Garden West Karachi and recovered the smuggled non-duty paid car. The alleged owner of the vehicle sneaked away after seeing the customs team.
He further informed the court that after the formalities, customs department seized above mentioned car and case was registered against suspect (yet to be ascertained) by Azhar Malik, Senior Officer Preventive Officer, Customs House Karachi for violation of under section 2 (s) 32 and 178 of Customs Act, 1969, punishable under clauses (8) (14) and (89) of section 156 (1) ibid.
After the arguments, court directed investigation officer to arrest suspect, complete investigation and submit final charge sheet against who involved in this case.
