ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Islamabad took into possession a huge quantity of foreign origin indoor-outdoor units and 20 LEDs along with an offending vehicle worth millions of rupees on 28th of March FY17-18.
According to details given by sources to Customs Today that Collector Zulfikar Ali Chaudhry received a tip-off about some smuggling attempts. He immediately constituted different anti-smuggling squads to enhance the vigilance in the region. The anti-smuggling squad, comprising Superintendent Sohail Kureishi and Malak Abid Hussan including Inspector Syed Ali Raza Shah and Asghar Kamal, intercepted a vehicle bearing registration No: LES-1511 Hiace near Bakery Chowk Rawalpindi and recovered DC Invertor Mitsubishi electric, 1000 BTU/KC, split type wall mounted AC-indoor each unit comprises weight of 11kg of total eight units.
It was told that the recovered DC Invertor Mitsubishi electric, 1000 BTU/Kc, split type wall mounted AC outdoor each unit comprises weight of 40.5kg, total five said units were seized while, during same seizure, the ASO seized assorted brands of foreign origin LEDs in different sizes and models.
Sources told CT that the seizure case has been registered against unclaimed possessors while goods have been shifted to StateWare House while case has been forwarded to the I&P Department for further investigation.
