KARACHI: The Customs Exports has foiled an attempt to smuggled antiques, including statues of Buddha and lodged an FIR against M/s Natasha Enterprises and M/s Zaman & Co.
M/s Natasha Enterprises filed goods declaration (GD) through agent M/s S. Zaman & Co to export artificial handicraft replicas to Hong Kong and was marked for examination by risk management system in WeBOC.
The GD was marked by Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on hold and was examined and released by ANF staff. After than Customs examination was carried out to check the actual description and type of goods on the directives of Collector Saquib Saeed and Additional Collector Shafqat Niazi.
The articles were then inspected by a team of curators, experts of Department of Archaeology and Culture, Karachi, which confirmed that 16 out of 21 objects were antiques. Value and age is being determined by the same department.
