HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, Customs ASO Hyderabad, has impounded a used non-duty-paid vehicle Mitsubishi Pajero, Model 2003, worth Rs2million involving duties and taxes of Rs3.9million during a raid on Sadder Cantt Hyderabad.
Sources told Customs Today that I&I Hyderabad, on the strict instructions of Directorate General Customs Intelligence & Investigation Director Shuakat Ali and I&I Hyderabad Region Director, took effective measures to curb the smuggling in the region.
Customs Intelligence Director received secret information regarding the used non-duty-paid vehicle. He formed a team under the supervision of Principal Appraiser, comprising of seizing Intelligence Officer, Sepoys and a driver, to conduct a raid on the vehicle.
The team intercepted said Mitsubishi Pajero bearing registration NO: LE 303 near Sadder Cantt Hyderabad and asked the owner of the vehicle to produce documents regarding the legal import and possession of vehicle, but he failed to do so. So the officials took the vehicle into possession and registered a case against him.
