PESHAWAR: The Customs House Peshawar generated Rs32.5million of revenue by taking into possession six offending and two Non-Duty-Paid (NDP) vehicles and a large quantity of NDP goods.
These vehicles were impounded by Anti-Smuggling Unit of the Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar in the current month of December during this Financial Year 2017-18.
The anti-smuggling drive initiated by Collector Customs Gull Rahman at the Customs House Peshawar earned millions of rupees by seizures of NDP items.
The Anti-Smuggling Unit of Peshawar Customs has confiscated 600 smart phones along with a vehicle impounded under the Customs Act.
The Anti-Smuggling Unit also impounded 20,116 yards of foreign origin cloth and 919 kg of black tea from another vehicle taken into possession by the customs staff of the Anti-Smuggling Unit.
The Anti-smuggling Unit also impounded foreign origin medical, tablets and foreign origin blood pressure kits during FY2017-18.
Collector Customs Gull Rahman lauded the performance done by the Anti-Smuggling Units and remarked it has been an excellent exercise of powers by the Customs officials which has added millions of revenue to the national exchequer during current month.
The Collector Customs informed Customs Today that the anti-smuggling drive was launched in order to discourage the smuggling of NDP goods against which serious complaints were received by the Customs House Peshawar.
The Collector Customs further said that big quantity of hashish and ice drug were also impounded by the Anti-Smuggling Unit Peshawar.
The Customs staff will continue its drive against the smuggling of NDP goods and vehicles throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, stated Collector Customs Gull Rahman.
