KARACHI: The Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation, during an operation against smuggling, recovered a huge quantity of smuggled goods worth Rs 95 million.
Director Customs Intelligence Muhammad Asif Marghoob Siddiqui confirmed these seizures and told that value of smuggled item are more than Rs 95 million. He said that during financial year 2015-16 smuggled goods worth Rs 1.08 billion were also seized which include smuggled diesel, electronic items, vehicles, tyres, liquor and narcotics etc. Anti-smuggling operation was conducted in line with the strategy of FBR and under instructions of the Director General, Customs Intelligence Imtiaz Ahmed.
Additional Director Nadeem Ahsan supervised these operations . The Customs Intelligence team also include Assistant Director Kaleemullah, Superintendents Najeebullah Jafferry and Mehmood Abbas and other officials including Haji Muhammad Aslam, Akmal Hashmi, Munwar Ali and etc. Asif Marghoob Siddiqui said that anti-smuggling operation against the menace of smuggling will continue with full force.
According to details, four persons arrested during this campaign in December-2015, around 1400 foreign origin smuggled tyres were seized from Bhadurabad and Azizabad which were illegally brought without payment of duty and taxes.
In another raid, a team of Customs Intelligence seized 148 smuggled gas cylinders from a godown located in SITE area for which no customs documents for payment of duty and taxes were provided during questioning.
As much as 40000 liters smuggled Iranian diesel and petrol was recovered from the jurisdiction of Saeedabad Police Station at Yousuf Goth which was concealed in underground tanks. Customs team also recovered smuggled vehicles, ghtka and black tea were also taken in to custody.
FIRs have been lodged in the Customs Court as per procedure and law. challans will be submitted after investigation and seizure report will be sent to the concerned adjudicating authority as required under the Customs Act, 1969.
