HYDERABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation has seized huge quantity of foreign origin smuggled black tea, black pepper and dried fruits worth Rs 25.9 million during an action.
As per details, the ASO team received credible information through Model Customs Collectorate Collector Dr. Ahmad Mujtaba Memon regarding the smuggling of items. Therefore, a team under the supervision of Additional Collector Umer Shafique was made to curb the smuggling activities.
The team established check post near Jacobabad and intercepted four trucks going to Sukkar, Lahore and Karachi from Quetta. The teams while searching the trucks recovered huge quantity of smuggled items.
The ASO official asked the drivers to produce any legal documents regarding the lawful import and possession of the items but they could not show any documents; therefore customs officials confiscated the items along with trucks under Section 171 of Customs Act, 1969.
After making the seizure report, the ASO team deposited the confiscated smuggled goods items in Sukkur state warehouse
The ASO Hyderabad team comprising Senior Inspector Abdul Ghaffar Shaikh, Inspector Shafi Muhammad Jamali, Sepoy Usman Jonejo and othera participated in the operation.
