HYDERABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) confiscated smuggled goods worth Rs 19.16 million from Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana in March 2017.
Following the instruction of Hyderabad Customs Additional Collector Rehmatulllah Vistro, the ASO teams conducted various operations to save the national exchequer.
The customs team confiscated different items, including three Toyota vehicles, auto spare parts, diesel, different foreign origin cigarettes, gutka, dinner sets, and other miscellaneous items.
The ASO seized 9880 liters of smuggled diesel HSD worth Rs494000, foreign origin auto spare parts worth Rs2 million, contraband items different foreign origin 11694 bars of cigarettes worth Rs6.58 million, foreign origin149250 sachets of Indian gutka value 0.9 million, non-duty paid three Toyota vehicles worth Rs3.3 million, dinner sets worth Rs1.1 million and toiletries value Rs596400.
Besides, the ASO confiscated miscellaneous items including firecrackers, dry batteries, fiber glass knitting jogger shoes, battery chargers, and plastic sprayer worth Rs3.2 million.
Under the supervision of Deputy Collector Shahid Ali Abbasi, Customs preventive assistant collector Mumtaz Ali, the ASO teams comprising of Superintendent Abu Muhammad Warsi, Inspectors Iqbal Mughal, Asaduddin Mirza, Mushtaq Ali Lakho, Waqar Ahmed Baig, Inspector Nazim Ali, Inspector Shakeel Khan, Inspector Karamullah Hujan, Inspector Syed Zaigham Ali Shah, Inspector Ahmed, Sepyos Ali Akbar Solangi, Muhammad Essa, Javeed Maskoor, Ayuob, Hawaldar Muhammad Ahmed , Drivers Nisar Ahmdani, Sadiq Khaskheli and Khan participated in the said operations.
While talking to Customs Today, customs officials said that Hyderabad Customs showed excellent performance with regard to the anti-smuggling during the above said period.