HYDERABAD: The MCC Hyderabad, Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive, has seized foreign origin 40 packs of fireworks/firecrackers worth Rs837000 including duties and taxes near Bypass Hyderabad during October 2017-18.
Following the direction of Model Customs House Hyderabad Collector, Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, the ASO team is executing various operations in the region to frustrate the smugglings.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Hyderabad Akhlaq Ahmad Khattak received a tip-off regarding the smuggling bid of the contraband items.
He constituted an ASO team comprising In-Charge Superintendent Amb Khan, Inspector Shakeel Kahan, Inspector Abdul Inspector Majeed Barich, Inspector Muhammad Iqbal Mughal, Inspector Muhammad Abid, Inspector Mushtaque Ali Lakho, Sepoys Siddiqui Ali Khaskheli, Nenomal, Ghulam Sarwar and a Driver and other staff.
The ASO team intercepted a trailer bearing registration No: GTK-4533 near Bypass Hyderabad and confiscated smuggling foreign origin fireworks/firecrackers. The ASO made a seizure report and deposited the items into Hyderabad State Warehouse.
