FAISALABAD: Deputy Collector Customs Adjudication Asma Hameed has issued Order-in-Original (ONO) in favour of the Customs Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) while declaring the seizure of mobile phones as legal.
As per details, the Customs Air Flight Unit (AFU) recovered foreign origin smuggled mobiles phones of different brands and models such as LG mobile , Samsung mobile , Vega mobile , HTC mobile , ZTE mobile , I phone mobile , Axon mobile , SKY mobile , LTE mobile , Motorolla mobile , LLNU mobile and Honor mobiles etc also very large amount of the mobile phones a suspect, Muhammad Ilyas son of Muhammad Mushtaq who is a resident of Mastpur , Kingra Road, Sailkot.
The above said passenger was coming from the belt side in the arrival hall to custom counter side carrying two bags and recovered foreign origin smuggled mobile phones.
The customs staff forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further proceedings taking stance that the seized mobile phones were prohibited and brought into country without payment of duty and taxes.
In the light of facts it is clear that the seized mobile phones are restricted ones and brought into the country illegally, thus the same are liable to confiscation in favor of Customs Adjudication under the relevant Customs law.
Further more, during the hearing of the case, no one appeared to defend the case on behalf of respondents nor was any written reply was submitted despite giving many opportunities. While Inspector Inspector Khalid Mehmood appeared from the prosecution side and asserted that the seized goods falls under the ambit of Section 2(s) of the Customs Act, 1969 read with current import policy order.
It is therefore, established that the respondent have nothing to defend against the allegation framed in the show cause notice.
After hearing the arguments, Deputy Collector Asma Hameed decided case on the basis of facts and material available on the file and issued ONO and declared the seizure of cell phones as legal under Section 156(1)89 of the Customs Act, 1969 read with Import Policy Order, 2013.
