MULTAN: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement has seized non-customs paid vehicles and miscellaneous goods worth Rs205.38 million during anti-smuggling campaign in March 2021-22.
Sources told Customs Today that Multan Customs has carried out crackdowns against smuggled goods to curtail smuggling. Multan Customs anti-smuggling staff has thwarted several attempts of smuggling in on the basis of credible information against smuggling.
Multan Customs Anti-Smuggling organization has enhanced the patrolling of the suspected routes to intercept the non-customs paid (NCP) vehicles. Anti-Smuggling squad of Multan Customs has enhanced vigilance of suspected routes on the special directions of Collector Imran Ahmad Chaudhry to thwart any attempt of smuggling. The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has alerted few crucial strategic routes to intercept any smuggling attempt.
Anti-Smuggling Organization has impounded 5 smuggled vehicles of worth Rs16.76 million in the month of March. The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) has seized non-customs duty paid vehicles which includes Toyota Vitz, Honda Civic, Toyota Premio, Toyota Fielder, and other in their various crackdowns. All impounded vehicles were found non-duty paid and non-tampered during verification.
Anti-Smuggling Organization has detected various seizure cases of high-speed diesel, plastic bags, Cooking Oil, betel nuts, Skimmed milk, Tyres, cigarettes and others of almost worth Rs188.62 million during their aggressive crackdowns in the region during March 2021-22.
These impounded vehicles and goods were intercepted from Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sadiqabad regions during crackdown of Anti-Smuggling Organization in the month of March.