MULTAN: Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) foiled a bid to smuggle the attempt of smuggling and seized a huge quantity of imported skim milk powder during their action.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Customs Ambreen Ahmad Tarar received tip-off that some smuggler are trying to smuggle huge quantity of dry milk powder from jurisdiction. Customs team has intensified the action against smuggled goods in the jurisdiction on special directions of Collector Ambreen Ahmad Tarar.
Collector Ambreen Ahmad Tarar formed special team of Anti-Smuggling Organization led by Assistant Collector Omer Bin Zafar Chatha including Inspector Abdul Samad, Inspector Saleem Afzal, Inspector Zia Bhatti , Sajjad Haider, Abdul Sattar and Muhammad Irfan Qureshi to thwart their attempt of smuggling.
Customs Anti-Smuggling Squad enhanced the patrolling of suspected routes to capture them and intercepted the suspected Hino Truck loaded with huge quantity of skimmed milk powder of assorted brands and origins in bulk packing (25kg/bag). A total of 1000 bags of skimmed milk having brands from the different countries were recovered during examination of Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization.
The net weight of recovered skimmed milk powder was almost 27.55 metric tons during their action. Customs teams asked the driver of the truck to produce the import documents of said powder but they failed to produce anything to justify legal possession and anti-smuggling teams seized dry powder under Customs act 1969 along with vehicles. The net value of seized items was almost Rs2.5 million. Further investigations were still under process.
