FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti Smuggling Organisation (ASO) has seized used Yamaha bike worth Rs3,00,000 involving customs duty and taxes to the tune of Rs1,44,300.
Sources told Customs Today that an ASO team impounded a used Yamaha bike bearing registration no: FZR-250 near Kamalpur. The officials asked the accused named Shah Jahan son of Muhammad Malik to show documents regarding its legal import, but he failed. So the authorities concerned seized the smuggled bike under Section 148 of the income tax ordinance 2001 read with section 3(1)3 of Import and Export Control Act 1950 punishable under Section 156 (1) 89 (i) of the Custom Act, 1969.
The ASO team, comprising Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspector Ali Zahid, Mahmood Ahmad Dogar, Khalid Ashraf Noor and others participated in the raid.
After passage of considerable time the owners of the confiscated bike showed willingness to pay taxes after which the case has been sent to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
