FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has confiscated 3790.5 kilogram of smuggled bicycle spare parts made in China worth Rs 698,864 involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 241,222.
Following directions of Model Customs Collectorate Faisalabad Collector Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhary , the ASO team raided a godown in Karkhana Bazar, Faisalabad and recovered 21 cartons of rear axles.
The ASO team asked the owner to produce documents relating to its legal import but he remained fail to comply with the instruction; therefore, the customs officials impounded the items under Import and Export trade (control) Act, 1950, punishable under section 156(1), 89(i), of Customs Act, 1969, read with SRO 499(1)/2009.
ASO team comprising Superintendent Muhammad Javeed Mehmood, Deputy Superintendent Sardar Muhammad, Inspector Masood Saeed Chohan, Abdul Jabbar, Sepoy Mukhtar Ahmad, Muhammad Abdullah and Israr Ahmad participated in the raid.
