FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO), Sargodha, has seized 660 kilogram of foreign origin almond worth Rs 924,000, involving customs duty and taxes to the tune of Rs 135,150.
The ASO team raided Jutt Goods Transport Company, Sargodha, and recovered the almonds. The officials asked the person concerned to show documents regarding its legal import but he remained failed.
Therefore, the goods were seized under Section 168, Import and Export Control Act 1950 punishable under Section 156 (1) 90 (i) of the Custom Act, 1969.
The ASP team comprising Inspector Bashir Ahmed, Sepoy Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Feroz, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Ashraf, Shafqat Mehmood, Muhammad Amin and others participated in the raid.
After consider able passage of time no one appeared before the seizing agency to claim ownership of seized almonds, therefore, the case has been sent to adjudication for further legal action.
