MULTAN: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation team during a joint operation with Regional Tax Office Inland Revenue team recovered huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes from private warehouse.
According to details, after receiving secret information from their informer that huge quantity of non-duty paid cigarettes dumped in the private warehouse near Kabirwala region.
Pervaiz Ahmad who has dumped different brands of cigarettes was involved in sale of non-duty paid cigarettes. The enforcement cell of Regional Tax Office and Customs I&I team has obtained search warrant from the local magistrate to seek permission for the inspection of warehouse located in the Siraye Sidhu.
Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Multan Abid Raza Bodla formed special team led by Assistant Commissioner Mazhar Ali with colloboration of Customs I&I. The team raided the warehouse and recovered almost 200 various cartons of foreign origin cigarettes.
On demand, Pervaiz Ahmad could not produce any relevant documents showing lawful possession of non-duty paid cigarettes. Thus, he has contravened the provisions of sections 3,4 read with Sections 6,8,10,12,14,14A, 17,18,29,62 to 67 of the Federal Excise Rules, 2005 and Section 3,6,7,8, 8A, 22,23,26, 2(20), 2(25), 2(33), 2(35), 2(37), 2(39), 2(40) & 2(41) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 read with Sales Tax Rules, 2006. The value of the recovered cigarettes was almost Rs3 million.
