FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO), Faisalabad, has seized 14,000 kilogram of foreign origin almonds worth Rs 1500,000 involving customs duty and taxes to the tune of Rs 526,240. A Hino truck loaded with almonds was also impounded worth Rs 2500,000.
Sources Told Customs Today that an ASO team impounded a Hino truck bearing registration No: TKZ-001 and recovered foreign origin almonds packed in Jute bags of Afghanistan brands. The officials asked the accused named Shamsullah son of Haji Muhammad Esa having CNIC No: 54201-3669021-3 to show documents regarding its legal import, but he failed. So the authorities concerned seized the truck loaded with almonds under Section 168; Import and Export Control Act 1950 punishable under Section 156 (1) 90 (i) of the Custom Act, 1969.
The ASO team, comprising Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspector Ali Zahid, Mahmood Ahmad Dogar, Khalid Ashraf Noor and Sepoys Muhammad Dilawar, Muhammad Khalid Dogar and others, participated in the raid.
After a considerable passage of time, Nabeel Arshad, Muhammad Ali, Qudratullah and Wali Muhammad appeared before the seizing agency to claim the ownership of almonds. The owners of the confiscated dry fruit showed willingness to pay taxes after which the case has been sent to the adjudication for further legal action.
