FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) seized 310 kilogrammes of smuggled cloth worth Rs 219,036 involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 88,248 in an action.
Following information received through Additional Collector Saeed Asad regarding the smuggled of cloth lying at Hassan Naveed Cargo, old Sabzi Mandi, Jhang Road.
Deputy Collector Rizwan Khan constituted a raiding team comprising Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspectors Khalid Ashraf Noor, Mahmood Ahmad Dogar, Ali Zahid, Sepoys Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Yaseen, Liaqat Ali and Muhammad Ashraf.
The ASO team raided Hassan Naveed Cargo and asked Nadeem, a worker, to show documents regarding legal import of the cloth. But, he could not produce any documents in respect of the cloth.
Therefore, the officials confiscated the items under the customs laws. A case has been registered against accused person Muhammad Amir and Qamar Abbas, owners of the seized cloth. The case has been forwarded to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
