SIALKOT: Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) confiscated smuggled Indian origin cloth worth Rs.150.000 at Wazirabad road near Sodhara from a van.
According to details, under the directions of assistant collector Customs, Superintendent ASO Sardar Manzoor constituted a team under the supervision of Inspector Amjad Mayo to check the vehicles on Wazirabad road. While checking the team intercepted a van bearing registration number MR-232-07 (AJK) which was coming from Mirpur (AJK) and heading towards Sialkot. The team found Indian origin cloth worth Rs.150.000 and asked the driver who was indentified as Nabi Raja to show the legal documents regarding possession and transportation of cloth but he failed to produce any relevant documents.
The team recovered said cloth under Kashmir Transit Trade. The driver said he was asked by the Mirpur van stand management to deliver the cloth. The team confiscated cloth and released driver after proper interrogation and issued a challan to him.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs authorities will issue legal notice to stand management. The team shifted the cloth to the store room and registered a case for further proceedings.
