HYDERABAD: Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has confiscated foreign origin non-duty-paid 109 cartons of different brands of cigarettes including Pine, Royal Business and Reds valued Rs3.3million during a recent action on the National Highway Hyderabad.
Sources told Customs Today that ASO Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro deputed Deputy Collector Mushtaq Shani, Superintendent Ghulam Shabir Pulphoto, Inspectors Mirza Asaduddin, Iqbal Mughal, Abid Ahmed Khan to check the vehicles under an anti-smuggling campaign which was started by the order of Collector Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq.
The team started checking the vehicles near National Highway Hyderabad. The ASO team intercepted a vehicle with registration No: TLE-627 which was coming from Quetta. During the search, the team recovered foreign origin 109 cartons of different brands of cigarettes as mentioned above.
The team asked the driver about the legal status of the goods but he could not prove anything legal. The team seized the said items and shifted them to the compound of the model customs state warehouse Hyderabad.
