FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized smuggled cigarettes worth Rs 819,000 involving duty and taxes to the tune of Rs 127,419.
ASO Deputy Collector Falik Shair, after receiving information regarding the smuggling attempt, made a team following the instructions of Collector Dr Zulafqar to foil the smuggling bid.
The team comprising Superintendent Muhammad Javed Mehmood, Deputy Superintendent Sardar Muhammad, Inspector Masood Saeed Chohan, Abdul Jabbar and Sepoys Hafiz Naseer Ahmed, Zulfiqar Ali Awan, Liaqat Ali and Muhammad Ashraf raided outside Karkhana Bazar Faisalabad and found 19 cartons of cigarettes of different brands, including Dun Hill, Tara Filter Khaini, JK flavoured tobacco and others from a loader rickshaw, which was being used for the transportation of the items from M/s Al-Atif Goods Forwarding Agency to city area.
The customs officials asked the accused persons those identified as Khuram Altaf and Adnan Arif to produced legally documents regarding possession of cigarette. But they failed to provide the same.
Later, the seizure report was submitted to the adjudication department for further investigation after confiscating the cigarettes.
