FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad has impounded smuggled cloths worth Rs 58448 involving duty and taxes of Rs100312.
Collector Sadiq Ali received a tip-off regarding the smuggling of foreign origin cloths. He formed a team comprising Deputy Collector Rizwan Khan, Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspectors Khalid Ashraf Noor, Mehmood Ahmed Dogar, Sepoys Ali Zahid and Muhammad Khalid Dogar, Afzal Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Ashraf and Liaqat Ali to foil the bid.
The ASO team raided a truck stand near Lal Mill Chowk, Faisalabad, and recovered cloths from the office. To a query, owner Muhammad Yasin son of Noor Muhammad could not produce legal documents regarding the import of the items.
Recovery memo was prepared in the presence of the accused and witnesses and cloth was seized under Section 168 of the Customs Act-1969. A case was registered against the accused and sent it to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
