HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Hyderabad, has taken into possession 107 sacks of imported smuggling LED TVs of 24 inches made in Indonesia and contraband items including 10 cartons of smuggling cigarettes of Pine Lights brand along with a Toyota Corolla car.
The market value of the impounded items is Rs8.1million including duties and taxes along with a car valued at Rs3.2million. The execution was carried out near bypass Hyderabad and Railway Station Kotri.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq ordered the curbing of smuggling. Additional Collector Hyderabad Dr Aamer Nawaz Hamid received a tip-off regarding the said smuggling items. He formed an ASO team, comprising Superintendent Sikander Akbar Panhwar, Inspector Rana Shahbaz, Inspector Abdul Majeed Barich and other staff, who took part in the operation.
The team intercepted a truck container with registration No: JY- 5703 near bypass Hyderabad and recovered the said goods.
Prior to the recovery, the ASO had asked the occupants of the vehicle for producing the legal documents regarding the possession of the items and a vehicle but they failed to do so. The ASO team impounded the abovementioned goods according to the customs bylaws.
The same team has also caught an Iranian diesel tanker worth millions of rupees. The Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) Hyderabad team comprised Superintendent ASO Hyderabad Customs Preventive Sikander Akbar Panhwar, Inspector Rana Shahbaz, Inspector Abdul Majeed Barich, sepoys, a driver and other staff who took part in the operation.
The Anti-Smuggling Organizations (ASO) Hyderabad, Customs Preventive, frustrated various smuggling attempts and impounded big seizures of non-duty-paid items including 125,000 liters of smuggling HSD Iranian diesel and five oil tankers bearing registration Nos: JP-9950, TUA-579, TUD-121, TUA-576 and TKX-649 Hino oil tanker during the January 2018.
