FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Mianwali, which falls in the jurisdiction of Faisalabad Customs, has impounded a non-duty paid vehicle, Toyota Hilux Surf worth Rs 1.916 million involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 1.31 million.
An ASO team, following the directions of Assistant Collector Model Customs Collectorate, Umer Bin Zafer Chattah, intercepted a vehicle bearing Registration No WAJ-363-Queeta near Toll Plaza MM Road District Mianwali.
The officials asked the driver to produce the documents showing the legal possession of the vehicle. But he could not show any documents on which the customs officials took the vehicle into custody under Section 156 (I) of the Customs Act 1969 and served notice upon the accused person.
However, after a considerable passage of time no one appeared before the seizing agency to claim ownership of seized of the vehicle or to prove its legal import on which customs impounded the vehicle, besides sending contravention report to adjudication.
ASO team comprising Inspector Azhar Hussain Jafri, Nazir Hussain Jafri, Muhammad Saifullah, Muhammad Ghulam Mohyuddin and others conducted raid.
