HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation, ASO Hyderabad, has impounded a non-duty-paid used Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, Model 2002, without registration plate near Ali CNG Pump, Qasimabad.
Sources told Customs Today that I&I Hyderabad, on strict instructions of Directorate General Customs Intelligence & Investigation Director Shuakat Ali and I&I Hyderabad Region Director, took effective measures to check the smuggling in the region.
The Customs Intelligence Director received secret information regarding a non-duty-paid vehicle on which he formed a team under the supervision of Syed Irshad Ali Shah, Principal Appraiser, and also comprised of seizing Intelligence Officer Syed Shafiq Ali, Sepoys and a driver to conduct a raid on the vehicle.
The team intercepted the used Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, Model 2002, bearing no registration and asked the owner of the vehicle to produce documents regarding the legal import and possession of vehicle, but he failed to do so.
Source told CT that the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Hyderabad registered an FIR against the smugglers and started investigations.
