HYDERABAD: The Collectorate of the MCC Hyderabad Customs Preventive Sukkur has seized smuggling of Non-Duty-Paid 21 cartons of foreign origin veterinary medicines including injections/tablets worth Rs05.4million including duty and taxes during an action at customs check-post Jacobabad during the month of September 2017-18.
Model Customs Collectorate Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq received a tip-off regarding the transportation of smuggling goods items. He constituted a team of Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive, to prevent the smuggling.
The team, under the supervision of Customs Preventive Additional Collector Aamer Nawaz Hamid comprising of In-Charge check-post Inspector Aziz Katpar and other Inspectors, sepoys and a driver, took part in the action.
The team intercepted a vehicle near check-post Jacobabad and recovered the abovementioned smuggling Non-Duty-Paid veterinary medicines. The items were smuggled into Pakistan. The value of the confiscated items is Rs04million involving duties and taxes amounting to Rs01.4million.
The ASO registered separate cases of smuggling against the accused and forwarded them to the customs adjudication. After a seizure report, the ASO team deposited the impounded items into the Sukkur State Warehouse.
Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq said our team is showing extraordinary performance in thwarting the smuggling attempts in the region.
