LAHORE: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) of Model Custom Collectorate Preventive, Lahore has seized items worth Rs 184 million during the first five months of the current financial year 2015-16.
The official sources told Customs Today that the ASO teams under the supervision of assistant collector Dr Muhammad Adnan Khan, headed by superintendent Mumtaz Ajmal Mian, deputy superintendents Saleem Akhtar, Mazhar Butter and Ejaz Rasool Shah, inspectors Khalid Butt, Irfan Mumtaz, Shahid Bhatti, Arif Mayo, Shahid Khan, Sajjad Bukhari, Hameed Bhatti and Amjad Khan seized smuggled and non-duty paid vehicles, cycle parts, cloth, cigarettes, segars, perfumes, hair oil, mobile phones, autoparts, weilding electrodes and other miscellaneous goods in November valuing Rs 86 million.
The sources said that cases valuing Rs 184.389 million have been made during the period from July 2015 to November 2015 whereas cases valuing Rs 147.85 millions were made during the corresponding period of last year.
The sources said that the ASO has intensified measures against smuggling activities following the directives of collector of Customs Mukarram Jah Ansari. They added that the collector told the ASO to adopt zero tolerance policy against the smugglers and foil attempts of smuggling at every cost.
