HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad’s Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) impounded smuggled goods including non-duty-paid vehicles, tyres and tubes, auto-parts, and other contraband cigarettes, Gutka, all brands and electronic items, laptops, note books, hard dics, projector, LED TVs, high definition, car air-conditioner compressors, dry milk powder, Rani juice, mobile accessories, sports goods, toiletries, cosmetics, shampoo, and other goods worth Rs35million from Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana-Jacobabad in June 2017.
Following the instruction of Hyderabad Customs Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq under the supervision of Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro, the ASO conducted various operations to save the country from inflation and decline of progress.
The customs team impounded different items including three vehicles (u/s 16) valued Rs03million, imported smuggled 257 tyres & tube valued Rs02million and different foreign origin 13,335 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs315000 and other miscellaneous items.
The ASO seized foreign origin auto-parts worth Rs07.3million, foreign origin 144,500 sachets of Indian Gutka worth Rs01.5million, and toiletries including cosmetics and shampoo valued Rs865200.
Besides, the ASO seized miscellaneous items including electronic goods, laptops, note books, hard dics, projectors, LED TVs high definition, car air-conditioners compressors, dry milk powder different brands, fireworks, Rani juice, mobile accessories and sports goods worth Rs12million under the supervision of Deputy Collector Mushtaq Shahni, Customs Preventive Assistant Collector Customs Preventive Sukkur Mumtaz Ali Ghangro.
The ASO team, comprising of Superintendent Ghulam Shabbir Phalputo, Inspectors Imdad Ali Abro, Iqbal Mughal, Asaduddin Mirza, Mushtaq Ali Lakho, Waqar Ahmed Baig, Waqar Ahmed Surahio, Shakeel Khan, Aziz Ahmed Katpar, In-charge check-post Jacobabad Makhan Khan, In-charge Sukkur Check-Post, Sepoys Ghulam Sadiq, Ayuob, Abid Razaq, Hawaldar Muhammad Ahmed, Drivers Nisar Ahmdani, Sadiq Khaskheli and Khan, participated in the said operations.
