FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized 240 kilogram of smuggled cloth worth Rs2 million involving duty and taxes amounting to Rs58200 in an action.
Sources told Customs Today following information received through Deputy Collector Muhammad Rizwan regarding huge quantity of non duty paid cloth lying at Hakeem Goods and Company Jhang Road Faisalabad.
Superintendent Saeed Joiya constituted a raiding team comprising 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 at Azad Hakeem Goods company stand and asked Noor Khan son of Barkat Ali 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 of the seized cloth. The case was forwarded to the Customs Adjudication for further legal action.
