FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad has seized 3,240 kilogram of smuggling fabrics worth Rs4million involving duties and taxes amounting to R995672 in an action.
Sources told Customs Today that, following information received through Collector Muhammad Asif jah, a large quantity of non-duty-paid fabrics is being smuggled from Karachi into Faisalabad.
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Superintendent Tanveer Naqvi constituted a raiding team comprising Inspectors Mujahid Abbas, Asghar Mehdi Naqvi, Driver Ghulam Abbas and others.
The ASO team intercepted a trailer bearing registration No: LEI-3802 loaded with dyed fabric compound of polyester coated from one side with polymeric material weighed 3,240kg. Driver named Muhammad Amir son of Umar Hayat was asked to show documents regarding the legal import of the fabrics but he could not produce anything legal for the legal possession of the fabrics.
The officials confiscated the items under the customs bylaws. A case has been registered against the accused person. The case was forwarded to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
