MIANWALI: The Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO), Mianwali, has seized a smuggled Toyota Vitz car worth Rs919741 involving customs duty and taxes amounting to Rs469741 under the Customs Act-1969.
As per details, Additional Collector Muhammad Saeed Asad received information regarding the smuggling attempts. He formed a team, comprising Superintendent Chaudhary Sardar Muhammad, Muhammad Umar Bhatti, Azhar Hussain Jafari, Driver Riasat Hussain, Sepoys Muhammad Ashraf, Faiz Ahmad, Riaz Ahmad and Muhammad Yousaf.
The team intercepted a vehicle bearing registration No: AAU-456 (Quetta), Model 2000, near Golaywala, M. M Road, district Mianwali, which was driven by Muhammad Rizwan son of Gul Jahan, a resident of Hassan Khanwala, Bhakkar.
The ASO team asked the suspect to produce documents regarding the legal status of the vehicle but he failed. The ASO team impounded the vehicle under Section 168 of the Customs Act-1969.
Superintendent ASO Mianwali forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication. Collector Zulfiqar Chaudhary has appreciated the performance of the Mianwali ASO which foiled various smuggled bids in the region.
