FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Mianwali has confiscated 50 China made tyres worth Rs2.9million involving customs duty and taxes of Rs181656 besides impounding a carrier vehicle during a road checking near 33-Phatak Sargodha.
Under the directions of Deputy Collector (DC) Rana Falik Shair, Superintendent Choudhary Muhammad Sardar along with his team including Inspector Malik Atif Mumtaz, Bashir Ahmed and a Sepoy started checking the vehicles. The said team, after checking several vehicles, intercepted a Mazda Mini truck with registration No: BRI-2022.
During the search, the team recovered 50 smuggled China made tyres. The team asked Driver Mohsin Iqbal son of Muhammad Ashraf, a resident of district Hafizabad, about customs duty paid documents but he failed to produce anything legal. The driver told the team that he has only transported the tyres from Lahore Tyre Market and has nothing to do with the ownership of the tyres. Upon this, the ASO confiscated the tyres and released the driver after a proper interrogation and impounded the carrier vehicle. The team also challaned the driver.
