MULTAN: The Customs Adjudication has issued orders-in-original for confiscation of seized mobiles phones and memory cards from Multan International Airport.
The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) Multan had seized 1,036 sets of new cell phones and 40,392 pieces of memory cards worth Rs 14 million from Multan Airport in August.
Owner of cell phones, Irfan Aziz, a resident of Bostaan Colony Mustafa Abad Dharampura, was issued a show-cause notice on October 2 for hearing of the seized cell phones and memory cards. The owner had left the smuggled goods in luggage bags including memory cards and cell phones on the conveyor belts.
Authorities of Shaheen Airline was going to submit two bags at the inquiry desk that person of said goods contacted them to picked up their missing goods. Anti-Smuggling Organization had taken two luggage’s for scanning before processing of further procedure.
Customs authorities opened the bags in the presence of Airline representative which led towards recovery of non -paid customs cell phones and memory cards from luggage. During scanning it revealed that no authorized import documents for the import of said goods were available at time of scanning and passenger was fled away.
Accused have admitted through his counsel that he brought 1036 cell phones and 40397 memory cards by attempting smuggling of value of Rs 14.28 million goods involving duty taxes of Rs 2.38 million.
Customs gave evidences that accused passenger have contravened the provision of section 16 of the Customs act 1969 along with section 3(1) of the import and export control act 1950.
Owner of seized Cell phones and memory cards at Multan International Airport appeared before Additional Collector Fayaz Anwar during hearing of case through his counsel Agha Muhammad Akmal Khan that he brought said goods illegally and requested for the release of goods after payment of their leviable duty taxes.
Additional Collector Fayaz Anwar rejected the plea of respondent due to reason that seized mobiles are notified under section 2(S) vide SRO 566(I)/2005 and are not redeem against payment of taxes under Section 181 of the Customs act 1969.
