HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Sukkur, has taken into possession foreign origin non-duty-paid 84 sacks of Iran made jerseys with sillies and 145 sacks of jerseys without sillies priced at Rs610000 involving duties and taxes of Rs318725 during an action on a customs check-post Jacobabad of Sukkur Division during October 2017-18.
Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq received a tip-off about the smuggling of foreign origin items. He immediately formed a raiding party under the supervision of Additional Collector Amir Nawaz Hamid.
The team raided the area of railway station Shikarpur, Sukkur Division, and recovered the abovementioned items. The officials asked the driver to show the documents regarding the legal import and lawful possession of the recovered articles, but he could not produce the same.
So the officials confiscated the items under the customs bylaws besides impounding the vehicle being used for smuggling. The seized items have been deposited into Sukkur Warehouse while a case has been submitted to the Customs Adjudication for further proceedings. The customs will present the said items for auction provided the case is decided in favor of the department.
The ASO team, consisting of Deputy Collector Basit Hussain some Inspectors and other staff, participated in the action carried out against the smuggling.
Officials said that efforts are being expedited to arrest the smuggling in the region. The surveillance has also been enhanced on roads to keep an eye on the smuggling of non-duty-paid goods and vehicles.
