HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Sukkur, has seized foreign origin non-duty-paid 379 smuggling mobile-phone sets of different brands, 150 sacks of contraband mobile phone batteries, mobile chargers and hand frees valued at Rs1.7million involving duties and taxes amounting to Rs627000 during an action near customs check-post Jacobabad of Larkana-Sukkur division some five days ago.
Following the strict guidelines by MCC Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq, the ASO team carried out various anti-smuggling activities to protect the national exchequer and inflation.
The team, headed by Additional Collector Customs MCC Hyderabad Dr Aamer Nawaz Hamid, constituted a raiding party comprising of In-charge Aziz Katpar, some Inspectors and sepoys and a driver who participated in the action.
The team intercepted a public transport vehicle near customs check-post Jacobabad-Sukkur division and recovered abovementioned foreign origin non-duty-paid 379 smuggling mobile-phone sets of different brands, 150 sacks of contraband mobile-phone batteries, mobile chargers and hand-frees valued at Rs1.7million involving duties and taxes of Rs 627000
Before the recovery, officials asked the driver to produce any legal document about the possession of the items but he was unable to do so therefore the consignments were impounded.
A case was registered and an investigation also started. Officials said that Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq had directed that effective measures be taken for preventing the smuggling in the region.
