HYDERABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation Hyderabad has confiscated 15,000 kilogram of foreign origin smuggled cumin seeds worth Rs 4.5 million. The seeds were smuggled from Quetta to Hyderabad.
The ASO team received credible information through Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad Collector Dr Ahmed Mujtaba Memon regarding the smuggling of cumin seed.
The team under the supervision of Additional Collector Omer Shafique conducted raid and intercepted two trucks bearing Registration No. TLU-006 and TKY-223 respectively and recovered 516 bags filled with cumin seeds.
The ASO officials asked the both driver to produce any legal documents regarding the legal possession of the smuggled foreign origin cumin seen but they could not show any documents on which customs confiscated the item under prevailing customs law.
After making the seizure report, the ASO team deposited the confiscated smuggled goods item in State Warehouse Hyderabad.
The ASO team comprising Senior Inspector Abdul Ghaffar Sheikh, Inspector Shafi Muhammad Jamali Sepoys and driver participated in the raid.
