FAISALABAD: The Customs Adjudication Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz issued a show cause notice to owner of foreign origin Corolla Saloon car which was also impounded by the customs Anti Smuggling Organization Sarai Muhajir.
Sources told Customs Today, that Anti-Smuggling Organization of Sarai Muhajir team intercepted a Corolla car bearing registration no: MNX-8800 near M.M Alam Road Toll Plaza Sarai Muhajir.
The team asked the owner of the vehicle, who introduced himself as Ghulam Shabbir to show documents regarding the legal import of the vehicle but he could not produce the same. So the officials took into possession of the vehicle under customs bylaws and forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
Now Deputy Collector Saima Ayaz issued a notice to the accused on the violation of Section 10-A 89(1) and 156(1) of the Customs Act-1969 punishable under Section 156 (1) 89 of the Custom Act-1969 and summoned them to explain the cause as to why the said vehicle should not be confiscated under aforementioned provisions of bylaws.
However the adjudication has directed the accused to file reply on the next date of hearing. The seizing agency has also been directed to file reply in the respective case.
The adjudication authority also directed Customs Superintendent Sardar Muhammad Chaudhary to attend the hearing on the scheduled date along with the relevant record.
