KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Tuesday directed suspects to cooperate in investigation of the cases pertaining to the pilferage of US Army reverse cargo.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi gave this direction when the investigation officers complained that the accused persons, who are out on bail, are not cooperating with them.
The suspects counsel assured the court that his clients would appear before the investigation officers as and when they are summoned. The court asked the investigation officers to issue notice to the suspects if their presence is required for investigation.
According to the details, Directorate General of Transit Trade lodged two FIRs pertaining to pilferage of US Army reverse cargo in 22 containers during their transit from Torkham to Karachi port. The cargo was declared to contain power generators with transformer and equipment for transit to Karachi port for export to Dubai. When the containers were examined physically at Karachi port they were found empty.
During course of examination, shipper and custom seals were found intact. However, the cargo declared in the invoice and packing list was not found in the containers.
Subsequently two FIRs were registered against bonded carrier M/s. Port Connection (Pvt) Ltd and the authorized agents M/s Peerzada Service International, M/s Ghani’s International and M/s Multitrans Logistics (Pvt) Ltd.
