FAISALABAD: Collectorate of Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized 650 kilogram of smuggled cloth during special operation on Monday.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Asif Mehmood Jah received credible information regarding the smuggling of cloth lying at M/s Waqar & Co Goods Transport Company Jhang Road to Toba Tak Singh.
He immediately constituted a raiding team under the supervision of Deputy Collector Aneeqa Afzal which also comprises Superintendent Tanveer Raza Naqvi, Inspector Farhan Frank, Arfan Faheem and Sepoys Ghulam Ghous and Liaqat Ali.
The ASO team raided at M/s Waqar & Co Goods Transport Company and recovered foreign origin O cloth 650 kilogram cloth. On demand the staff of cargo adda could not produce any documentary evidence of lawful possession and legal import goods at the spot.
Therefore, the officials confiscated the items under the customs laws. A case has been registered against accused person Waqar Aslam owner of the seized cloth. The case has been forwarded to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
