FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) Sargodha has confiscated 8,680 kilogram of red chilli worth Rs 1.3 million involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 218,122, besides impounding a truck being used for the transportation of the smuggled item valued at Rs 1.6 million.
As per details, Assistant Collector ASO Sargodha Muhammad Asim Awan, received information regarding the smuggling of the red chilli, formed a team to foil the smuggling bid in the region.
Following the directions, the ASO team intercepted a truck bearing Registration No. XA-821 loaded with a container near Sial Mor, Sargodha and recovered red chilli packed in 238 jute bags. The officials asked the driver named as Syed Sadiq Hussain Shah to provide the documents showing the legal import of the recovered item. But he could not produce any documents relating to its legal import or lawful possession; therefore, the customs official took the red chilli and truck into custody and served notices upon the accused person.
ASO team comprising Inspector Muhammad Ansir Saleemi, Rana Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Amin, Shafqat Mehmood and others took part in operation.
