FAISALABAD: The Field Investigation Unit (FIU) Sargodha of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation has impounded a non-duty-paid Hino truck with tampered registration No: GTS-17-696, Model 1997, priced at Rs10million involving customs duty and taxes of Rs6.7million.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Director Rana Irfan Shouqat received a tip-off that some non-customs-paid vehicles are plying on the roads. He constituted a team comprising Superintendent Muhammad Tahir, Intelligence Officers Mansoor Nasir, Saad Iqbal,Sepoy Ashraf Qureshi, Khalil Ahmed and Asad Iqbal.
The FIU team intercepted a Hino truck near Jhal Chakkiyan Sargodha and asked the driver of the vehicle, identified as Muhammad Iqbal, to produce the legal documents regarding the possession of the truck but he failed to provide any relevant documents.
So the FIU team took into possession the truck and forwarded the case to the Custom Adjudication for legal proceeding.