FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Sargodha has impounded a foreign origin air-compressor and a vehicle. The appraised value of the smuggled items is Rs02.8million involving duty and tax worth Rs330994.
Sources told Customs Today that the ASO received a tip-off through Collector Muhammad Sadiq that smuggled air-compressor is being smuggled into the country without paying custom duty and taxes.
The ASO team, comprising Superintendent Choudhary Muhammad Sardar, Inspector Malik Atif Mumtaz, Bashir Ahmed and Sepoys Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Mansha, Muhammad Amin and Muhammad Imran, started checking of vehicles near Wegowal Toll Plaza, Khushab Road, Sargodha.
During the checking, the ASO intercepted a Hino truck with registration No: SGJ-4646 (Sargodha) loaded with foreign origin air- compressor weighed 2600 kg with tyres.
The ASO asked the accused driver, Abdul Rehman son of Abdul Ghaffar, to provide documents regarding the possession and transportation of above said items but the driver failed to prove anything legal.
The ASO team seized the items under Section 168 of the Customs Act-1969 in violation of section 2(s) 16 and 18 of the Customs Act-1969. The ASO arrested the accused driver and forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication department.
