HYDERABAD: The Model Customs Collectorate’s Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized 30 pieces of smuggled CNG cylinders worth Rs 600,000 involving duty taxes amounting to Rs 278,400.
Following the instruction of Hyderabad Collector Dr Ahmad Mujtaba Memon, Additional Collector Umar Shafiq and his team comprising Superintendent Sikandar Akbar Phanwar, Deputy Superintendent Anwar Ahmad Siddiqui, Inspector M. Shakeel Khan, Inspector Imdad Abro and other staff conducted raid and intercepted a vehicle.
During the search, the team recovered CNG cylinders and asked the driver to produce documents showing the legal import of the cylinders but he remained failed. Therefore, the ASO team seized the item under prevailing customs laws.
