MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Preventive thwarted the smuggling attempt in Sadiqabad by seizing a container of foreign cloth worth Rs40 million.
Collector Customs Mohammad Saleem received a tip-off that huge quantity of smuggled cloths will be transported from Jurisdiction and formed special team of Anti-Smuggling staff to prevent any attempt of smuggling from territory.
It was learned that Collector Multan Customs Collectorate (Preventive) Muhammad Saleem has initiated massive crackdown against smuggling goods in the jurisdiction after taking his responsibilities on the direction of Member Customs Jawad Awais Agha to prevent any smuggling.
Customs Anti-smuggling teams enhanced patrolling of different routes of Sadiqabad to intercept them by deputing staff at entrance of different points for strict vigilance. Anti-Smuggling staff intercepted a suspected 40 inches container near Zahir Peer area which was loaded with different foreign origin cloths including Ladies during their action. Said cloths were packed into different rolls and net quantity of recovered cloths was almost 17 tons during the action of Customs.
Customs teams asked driver to produce documents regarding legal import of the recovered cloths. But driver of said Container failed to produce any legal documents to justify its legal possession regarding the transportation of the recovered cloths and told that he was going to Faisalabad for transporting said cloths.
Customs Anti-Smuggling teams seized said foreign Origin cloths under Customs act 1969 act. Further investigations are still under process.
Moreover, Model Customs Collectorate (Preventive) Multan has claimed that they have recovered almost Rs.400 million worth of non-custom paid vehicles and smuggled goods including cigarettes, Skimmed milk, tyres, cloths, petroleum products during various anti-smuggling operations in last few weeks in the jurisdiction and seized them under Customs Act 1969.
