FAISALABAD: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation has confiscated smuggled cloths worth Rs1.7million involving duty and taxes of Rs01million.
Sources told Customs Today that intelligence officials received a tip-off through Director Rabab Sikander regarding the possible smuggling of Boski cloths.
Following the information, the officials intercepted a bus near Kamalpur Motorway Interchange, Sargodha Road Faisalabad, and recovered three bags of special grade Boski cloths 2-Ghora (AAA Gold), made in China (240-kgs). The driver of the bus produced a booking slip No: RWP-FSD-308899-3 dated 20-02-2017 sender Ahmed and Receiver AB Rehman issued by Bilal Travels and Cargo Service Rawalpindi.
However he could not produce any documented evidence of the legal import or lawful purchase of the recovered goods. Officials further asked the accused to show documents but he failed to prove anything, so the officials confiscated the items under the customs bylaws.
Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO) Muhammad Tahir Iqbal, Intelligence Officer Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Saleem and Sepoys Liaqat Ali, Mussadaq Ahmed, Israr Ahmed, Mukhtar Ahmed and Havaldar Muhammad Iqbal and others participated in the action.
