HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has confiscated smuggled items worth Rs 14.3 9 million involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 6.103 million during January, 2016.
The ASO team, following the instructions of Model Customs Collectorate Additional Collector Omar Shafique, conducted a number of raids to thwart the smuggling bids in the region.
The ASO Hyderabad team impounded 41,700 liters of Iranian diesel along with an oil tanker and a Mazda Pick Up bearing registration No PAA-304 worth Rs 7.8 million involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 188,000.
A non-duty paid and unregistered Toyota Hilux Surf worth Rs 1 million, 176 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs 3.1 million duty/taxes worth Rs 1.5 million, 38 pieces of Indian origin CNG cylinders worth Rs 840,000 involving duty/taxes Rs 389,760, 116 sets of cell phone 1.16 million, involving duty/taxes Rs 736,600 and others goods seized during different operations.
The ASO team comprising Deputy Superintendent Sikander Akbar Phanwar, Deputy Superintendent Anwar Ahmed Siddiqui, Inspector Waqar Ahmed Baig, Inspector Syed Nazim Ali, Muhammad Shakeel Khan, Imdad Abro, Mushtaq Ali Lakho, Sepoys Aslam, Esa, Usman Junejo, Sadiq Khaskheli and others participated in the raids.
