FAISALABAD: The Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized non huge quantity of non duty paid foreign origin cloth. The market value of seized items is Rs 211970 involving duty and taxes amounting to Rs 122224.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Zulfikar Ali Chaudhary received credible information regarding smuggling of cloth. After receiving the information the collector constituted a special team comprising Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Ali Zahid, Mehmood Ahmed Dogar, Dilawar Hussain, Liaqat Ali, Zulifkar Ali Awan, Muhammad Arshad.
The ASO team intercepted Kohistan bus bearing registration no: LWC-4276 near Kamal Interchange and recovered 300 kilogram of smuggled cloth from the vehicle. The ASO seized all the cloth under section 2(s) read with SRO 566(1)/2005 and section 16, 18 of the Customs Act 1969 with section 3 of Sales Tax Act 1990, section 148 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001.
The consignment was being transported from Lahore to Faisalabad. The team asked the driver of the accused who was later identified as Muhammad Abid son of Naik Muhammad resident of Nowshera to produce legal documents regarding possession and transportation of loaded goods but he remained failed to provide the same. The Anti Smuggling Organization after registering a case of smuggling against accused persons forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further proceedings.
