HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Hyderabad has confiscated foreign origin 30 cartons weighed 936 kilograms of pad locks worth Rs212284 involving duty and taxes of Rs64153 during an action in the city in the last week of May 2017.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Hyderabad Akhlaq Ahmad Khattaq received a tip-off regarding some smuggling attempts. He constituted an ASO team under the supervision of Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro.
The team, comprising Superintendent of Customs Preventive ASO Hyderabad Ghulam Shabir Phulpoto, Inspector Imdad Ali Abro, Abdul Majeed Barich, Ajaz Ali Mastoi, Asaduddin Mirza, Mushtaq Ali Lakho and Sepoys Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Ayuob, Abdul Razaq, Muhram Thebo, Hawaldar, Driver Ajaz, Nisar Ahemdani and Sher Akbar, took part in the operation.
The team intercepted a vehicle of a local transport company near National Highway Bypass and recovered 30 smuggled cartons containing 936 kilograms of pad locks worth Rs212284.
The ASO team asked the driver to produce the legal documents of the possession and import of the goods but he failed to so. Therefore customs impounded the items following the customs bylaws.
After making a seizure report, the ASO deposited the confiscated goods into the state warehouse Hyderabad.
