FAISALABAD: The Customs Air Freight Unit (AFU) has confiscated over 20 pieces of smuggled LG phones and other miscellaneous items at the Faisalabad International Airport during a checking process of the passengers of Dubai Flight No: FZ-323.
The AFU, under the supervision of Deputy Collector Falik Shair, included Inspector Shahid Iqbal and Sepoy Mehboob Elahi intercepted a passenger Named Agha Farukh Hummyan son of Nazeer Khan, a resident of Allama Iqbal Town Lahore, was checked by the customs staff. The cartons were opened in the presence of two witnesses which led to the recovery of foreign origin Mobiles LG phones (20-Nos), Laptop Hard (50-Nos), USB (239-Nos), Tripod Camera Lens (2-Nos), DSLR Camera (5-Nos), laptop (4-Nos), movie camera (1-Nos), mobiles charger (40-Nos), Thuraya sim card (15-No) and other miscellaneous items of different brands. The customs team asked the passenger to show a receipt or invoices but he failed to provide any of them. The AFU seized the mobile and other items under Section 2(s) read with SRO 566(1)/2005 of the Customs Act-1969.
The value of these mobile phones and items is estimated at Rs1.1million involving customs duty of Rs406422.
The passenger was carrying these items without having any valid purchase receipt or invoices.
