MULTAN: Customs Collectorate Anti-Smuggling Organization has seized 25,000 liters of smuggled High Speed Diesel (HSD) in their successful action on Friday.
Sources told Customs Today that Multan Customs received credible information that huge quantity of smuggled High Speed Diesel (HSD) will be transported from jurisdiction. Deputy Collector Saqibur Rehman formed special team on the direction of Collector Ambreen Ahmad Tarar to intercept smuggled petroleum products.
Inspector Muhammad Ali, Inspector Akhtar Sukhera, Havaldar Sajid Haider, Jamil Ahmad, Sepoy Jawad Qadeer and others participated in the action against smuggled HSD after receiving the said information.
Anti-smuggling squad started patrolling in the suspected routes of Sadiqabad and its adjourning areas to thwart any attempt of smuggling in the region. Anti-Smuggling Organization initiated strict monitoring of carriage to restrain smuggling from jurisdiction.
Customs Anti-Smuggling Organization team intercepted suspicious Hino oil tanker near Kot Sabzal of Sadiqabad and asked the said driver to produce import documents of said petroleum products and its oil tanker. Customs staff found in their examination that oil tanker was filled with 20,000 liters High Speed Diesel oil and it was also filled with 5000 liters petroleum products.
Driver of the oil tanker failed to provide any import documents to Customs anti-smuggling squad for verification and customs teams detained the oil tanker along with 25,000 liters of POL products.
Customs teams seized the said High Speed Diesel in their action after confirmation of smuggled one along with said oil tanker under section 157(2) of the Customs Act 1969 being used for smuggling of non-duty paid goods.
The net value of the seized oil tanker was almost Rs.5 million and High Speed Diesel is evaluated at approximately Rs2 million. Further investigations regarding smuggled High Speed Diesel are still under process.
