LAHORE: A team of Collectorate of Customs Preventive has foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of non-duty paid Indian origin goods at Thokar Niaz Baig.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Customs Preventive Faiz Ahmad received information that Indian origin goods were being smuggled from Peshawar to Lahore.
He immediately constituted a team under the supervision of Deputy Collector Moazzam Raza, Superintendent Nasir Minhas, Deputy Superintendent Abdul Rehman Butt, and inspectors Shahid Bhati and Aslam Farooq. The team intercepted a passenger bus which was coming from Peshawar bearing registration no: LWC-6799 at Thokar Niaz Baig.
After thorough rummaging of the vehicle, the customs team recovered 79 cartons of Vatika Dabur Amla Hair oil of Indian origin. The goods, including 150 kilograms of jersey cloth, were sent to Jalalabad, Afghanistan, from India. The customs team has started investigations after registering a case against the suspects.
It is necessary to mention here that Collector Faiz Ahmad directed all anti smuggling squads to adopt zero tolerance policy towards smuggling. He directed that anyone who found involved in smuggling should be dealt with iron hands and according to law.
