FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Faisalabad conducted various operations against smugglers and recovered various goods worth Rs 2,036,750 during third week of October.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Muhammad Rizwan Khan constituted a team to curb smuggling in the region. The ASO team consisted of Superintendent Saeed Akhtar Joiya, Inspectors Masood Saeed Chauhan and Safdar Ali, Muhammad Ashraf, Liaquat Ali, Israr Ahmad and Muhammad Abdullah (sepoys). The team seized smuggled goods and two non-duty paid vehicle worth Rs 1,000,000 under Customs Act, 1969.
Sources said that smuggled goods includes foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 36,750 and other different items amounting to Rs 1,000,000. All these items were brought into the country without payment of custom duty and taxes.
Faisalabad ASO seized these items due to violation of Import and Export Control Act 1950 punishable under section 156(1)89(i) 90 of the Customs Act 1969 and forward the cases to Customs Adjudication Faisalabad for legal action.
