LAHORE: The Investigation and Prosecution Cell of the Model Customs Collectorate Appraisement has lodged an FIR against five people for allegedly misusing ‘E’ form for foreign exchange at the Mughalpura Dry Port.
Sources told Customs Today that Jamaludin and Sons, through New See Line International Customs Clearing Agents, entered a consignment of 15,250 pieces of auto oil filters worth $12,192 in customs computer system for export to Ghana using fake ‘E’ form for the consignment.
Customs has confirmed the bank account mention on the form of Meezan Bank branch, but the bank denied having an account of the said exporter.
In the FIR the Customs authorities said that the accused deliberately violated Customs Act 1969 and Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947, inflicting heavy losses on the national exchequer.
The consignment has been seized and the FIR has been lodged against customs clearing agent M Rashid, Najam Raza of freight.com, Nadeem and Wasim of Shipping and Freight Forwarders, and Tasadaq Hussain of Shehnshah Traders in the alleged misuse of ‘E’ form.
The customs adjudication deputy collector has imposed fines on the accused and instructed the customs authorities to start further investigations into the matter.
