ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Enforcement Network-Inland Revenue has seized huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes after confiscating three loaded trucks, which were routed to Lahore from in Azad Jamu and Kashmir.
Sources said that the IR Enforcement Network seized three loaded trucks having 8.4 million non-duty paid cigarettes in 840 cartons worth Rs30 million.
FBR busted nexus of AJ&K based cigarette manufacturer Walton Tobacco and M/S Numeric Distribution Network (Pvt) Ltd who were involved in the illegal trade of non-duty paid cigarettes. Lahore-based M/S Numeric Distribution Network (Pvt) LTD is also acting as conduit in the aforesaid scheme of tax fraud, adding that this company act as a shield for AJ&K based cigarette manufacturers and cartel involved in the trade of non-duty paid cigarettes whenever any AJK based cigarette is seized/detained.
