FAISALABAD: Customs Adjudication Collector Raja Tahir Majeed has ordered to confiscate a Hino Ranger Truck following the clause 156 (1)89 of Customs Act 1969.
As per details Customs Intelligence and investigation intercepted a Hino truck bearing registration No. TKB-120-Sibi near Jaranwala road and found the chassis number was meddled with.
Official asked the driver Gogha Shehbaz to produce the documents regarding the legal import and lawful possession of the vehicle. However, he failed to present the same. After that customs impounded the vehicle and official sent chassis of the said vehicle for forensic test.
After forensic report it was revealed that self-made chassis number has been welded on the actual number and it is a tempered vehicle.
Later, the Sibi Excise and Taxation’s motor registration authority was requested by the seizing agency to get the details of the vehicle. The excise informed the customs that the said vehicle was registered on the name of Gogha Shebaz.
A seizure report was submitted by Intelligence Officer Farzand Ali to the adjudication where Collector Raja Tahir Majeed declared the confiscation of the Hino truck lawful and issued order in original (ONO)in favour of the customs intelligence.
