LAHORE: Collectorate of Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector issued show cause notice to the owner of non-duty paid Toyota Crown car on Tuesday.
According to the details, Collectorate of Customs Preventive anti smuggling squad intercepted a Toyota Crown car bearing registration number plate NZ-388 (Islamabad) from opposite Hamid Latif Hospital Ferozpur Road Lahore. The person available on the driving seat, claimed ownership of the above said car and stated his name and address as Syed Zafar Abbas son of Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah resident of House No. 299, West Canal Bank Society Lahore. On demand, the said person failed to provide any documentary evidence showing the legal import or lawful possession of the said car.
The ASO team detained the vehicle in terms of section 2 (kk) of the Customs Act, 1969 for want of import documents and to probe further. Although the computerized data of registration mark NZ-388 (Islamabad) affixed on the said vehicle revealed that it had been allotted to another Toyota Crown car, bearing chassis number GRS180-0002054, engine number 4GR0003790, model 2003 and the owner name showing as Muhammad Zubair Saeed. Whereas during the course of investigation a notice vide letter no. C01/ASO-257/2017/2004 was also issued to the said owner. The PRAL data was also checked to confirm the import of any vehicle having chassis number GRS-182-0013033 but no record was found against the detained Toyota Crown car.
In view of the above mentioned facts deputy collector Customs Adjudication issued a show cause notice to Syed Zafar Abbas asking him to appear on 6.10.2017 and explain his position.
