HYDERABAD: Customs Hyderabad Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized smuggled 40,000 liters of Iranian diesel worth Rs 14 million during a operation in Hyderabad
Sources told Customs Today that the anti smuggling organization Collector Hyderabad Dr. Ahmed Mujtaba Memon received credible information regarding smuggling of Iranian origin diesel.
Soon after receiving the tip of he formed a ASO team under the supervision of Additional Collector Umar Shafiq which also includes Sikander Akbar Pahnwar Deputy Superintendent, Anwar Ahmed Saddiqui, inspector, Waqar Ahmed Baig sepoyes Muhammad Aslam driver Mehmood Khan and other took part in the opeation.
The ASO team intercepted an oil tanker bearing registration TLD 615 near Super Highway Hyderabad and recovered smuggled Iranian oil.
The ASO team asked the driver of the oil tanker to produce legal documents regarding import, possession of Iranian diesel but he failed to produce the same.
After his failure ASO team seized the Iranian oil and registered a case against its owner.
