FAISALABAD: The customs collectorate Faisalabad has confiscated container loaded with miscellaneous items worth Rs 2.2 million which also involved duty and taxes amounting to Rs 1.2 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Faisalabad Collector Dr Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhary received information regarding the smuggling of miscellaneous items. After receiving the information, he constituted a raiding party comprising Muhammad Anwar Pervaiz (deputy superintendent), examination incharge Muhammad Jamil Ahmad, (appraiser) and Ajmal Iqbal Cheema (inspectors). The customs team raided near Dry Port Faisalabad and seized the container.
After seizing the container, a notice was issued to the owner of the container but neither importer nor his authorized person approached the Customs Faisalabad for clearance of their consignment. Subsequently, a notice vide notice .no.1970 was issued to importer under section 82 of custom act 1969 but no response was received from the importer. Another notice vide no.2083 was also issued to the importer intimating him to get his consignment cleared otherwise the sane will b sold through public auction without any further notice under section 82 of the customs act 1969.
