FAISALABAD: The Customs Investigation and Intelligence Faisalabad has seized 25,000 litres of motor oil worth Rs 875,000 and impounded a truck worth Rs 2 million which was being used for the transportation of the smuggled oil.
The Customs Intelligence team acting upon credible information conveyed through the Additional Director Muhammad Ismail intercepted a truck bearing Registration No. LIT-4643 near Jhang bypass, Faisalabad.
The officials while searching the truck recovered 25,000 litres of oil of different brands. Following the recovery of the oil, the officials asked the driver namely Bismillah and owner of the oil named as Rizwan Khaliq to produce the documents showing the legal import of the motor oil.
However, they remained failed to comply with instruction due to not having any legal documents on which customs held the oil and impounded the truck under the prevailing customs laws.
Customs Intelligence team comprising Senior Intelligence officer Muhammad Tahir Iqbal, Muhammad Saleem, Main Muhammad Yousaf and other participated in the raid.