LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector Shahzad Liaquat Ranjha has issued Order-in-Original 42/2018 by declaring seizure of skimmed milk as legal.
Brief facts of the case as reported by Superintendent of Customs Preventive through contravention report No. 01/ASO-310/2017/826 dated 14.10.2017 are that during pursuant of an information on 25.9.2017, the staff of Customs Anti Smuggling Organization recovered a huge quantity of skimmed milk powder lying outside M/s Babar Sadaat Goods Forwarding Agency Derra No 27 Pul Datanagar Lahore. On query the person identified himself as Muhammad Waseem claimed the ownership of the skimmed milk.
The owner provided two GDs bearing No 695 dated 16.5.2017 and 435 dated 18.1.2017 showing import of whey powder with importer’s name as M/s Abdul Hameed and Sons.
During detailed examination, the ASO team recovered spray skimmed milk powder first grade production date 12.8.2017 expiry date 18.8.2019, batch no. 339999 each bag having weight 20 kilograms Iranian brand.
The GDs provided by the owner was found irrelevant with the examined spray skimmed milk powder with regard to date of manufacturing and date of import. On demand, the above said owner or any other person could not produce any further documentary evidence or otherwise, in support of lawful possession of above said foreign origin goods. However the above mentioned owner request for grant of some time for provision of requisite import documents. Therefore the above said skimmed milk power was detained in terms of Section 2 (kk) of the Customs Act, 1969.
Customs Adjudication issued several notice to the owner to appear and explain his position but he failed to appear. After his failure Deputy Collector issued Order-in-Original (ONO) by declaring the seizure of skimmed milk as legal.
