FAISALABAD: The Faisalabad Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has impounded a Honda car worth Rs 1,000,000 during a routine road checking, involving customs duty and taxes worth Rs 523,960 in Faisalabad city.
According to sources, Collector Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhary received secret information that some non-duty paid vehicles are plying on roads. He formed a special ASO team to check these vehicles. An ASO team intercepted a Honda car bearing registration no. MLC- 6767 model 2004 in the jurisdiction of Faisalabad.
The ASO team comprising Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspector Masood Saeed Chohan, Inspector Abdul Jabbar, Sepoy Khalid Dogar, Sepoy Zulfiqar Ali Awan and Sepoy Israr Ahmad asked the owner of vehicle to produce any evidence regarding legal import of vehicle, but he failed to show any legal document. After his failure, the ASO team seized the vehicle and submitted a report in the Adjudication Department for further proceedings. The alleged owner of the vehicle is identified as Azhar Rasheed.