PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has served notices on 40 officials of Pakistan Customs in a case of transshipment (TP) cargo replacement during transit to destination.
Peshawar NAB is investigating the in-famous transshipment cargo (TP) replacement scam wherein thousands of imported containers were pilfered during transit to dry ports. High value and high tariff goods were replaced by low value and low tariff goods causing huge revenue loss to the national exchequer.
Moreover, tons of contrabands also found their way into the country as certain unscrupulous elements and Customs officers/officials had collided in this dirty business.
The then Director General Intelligence, Lutfullah virk, in February 2015 forwarded a report to the then Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman, Tariq Bajwa, in which Virk highlighted massive revenue leakage pertaining to transshipment cargo from Karachi to up country dry ports.
Lutfullah Virk forwarded his report to Tariq Bajwa in 2015 and Bajwa accordingly marked the report to then Member Customs Nisar Mohammad Khan for inquiry. However, the case was not pursued.
Most importantly, the importers and the bonded carriers who were caught red-handed were not being brought to task.
