FAISLABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad seized foreign origin pile fabric, sofa cloth, Siemens’ cable tubeless tyres valued at Rs 1.52 million involving duty/taxes amounting Rs 154,906.
Model Customs Collectorate Faisalabad Collector Tauseef Ahmed Qureshi received credible information regarding the storage of foreign origin smuggled goods on which a team of ASO comprising Superintendent Zahid Raza Bukhari, Inspector Safdar Ali, Munir Ahmad and others, was assigned task to seize the smuggled items.
ASO team raided near Shoaib Bilal Market, Faisalabad and recovered 45 rolls of smuggled pile fabric and sofa cloth, 200 kilogram of Siemens’ cable and 13 pieces of tubeless tyres
The ASO staff asked the accused persons include Syed Naseer, Amjad Javaid and Umer Saeed to produce any documentary evidence showing the legal import and lawful possession of the said items. But, they could not comply with the order due to not having any such documents on which customs took the items into customs and issued notice to accused persons.
After a considerable passage of time no one appeared before the seizing agency to claim ownership of seized goods; however ASO confiscated the goods and sent report to adjudication for further legal action.
